Found an adder 🐍 in the garden today

[QOD]

And now I have to burn the house down ...

Seriously though, I can’t find photos online or an adders nest to make sure I recognise one should I see it.

The snake was basking in hot plastic 😭

My God how scary. Beautiful creature though. Live rurally and am always worried I'll bump into one.....

I don't believe they do nest. They don't attack unless frightened/threatened.
Likely to be found in a compost pile. Grass pile or similar.

Not sure what you can do to not get them, but just be aware and I'm sure you'll be ok

Wow how beautiful. Lucky you! Definitely walk carefully through the long grass though.

*of an adders nest 🤦🏻‍♀️

Oh man. It’s not beautiful. It’s hiseous and horrifying and awful

I screamed so loud and ran in circles

Neither dh, dd or dm whose annex I was right by, heard me. So I had to run round panicking in a complete flap.
Fuckin hideous things

I have a tiny inquisitive chihuahua which is worrying

We get Adders in the garden, they love it when the temperature warms up and it's sunny. Just watch where you walk and what you turn over. They're generally shy and like a reclusive lifestyle.

It's usually much later in the year when we see them out though. Shows how hot it is at the moment.

My cat was found licking an adder in our paddock a few summers ago. The cat did a fake fainting act and I thought she’d been bitten! DH hooked it up on a broom handle and dropped it into longer grass (the snake not the cat).

I hope you didn't scare it!

Once you're over the shock I hope you'll realise how very lucky you are.

(They're a protected species btw)

My cat brought a live one in through the kitchen window and dropped it right by my youngest (4m at the time) who was in the bouncy chair.

At least it was in your garden, I found a young adder underneath the cats litter trays last year.

We had one when I was very small on the garden parents just basically said the bottom end of the garden was out of bounds because of the big scary snake. Didn’t even investigate out of curiosity

Must have been a shock, Op, but they are a protected species.

We saw one in my ddil's garden last year but it hurried off out of the way. You're so lucky, they're an endangered species. Beautiful creatures.

How lovely (from an internet distance).

Although, I seem to recall that we dont live that far from each other going by previous conversations so perhaps I shouldn't be so smug...

I saw one at the end of my garden yesterday. Would not have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes. Only saw his head but he looked fairly small

I am terrified of snakes so that would give me the real heebeejeebees!!!! I can't go in the reptile house at the zoo which is a shame as I quite like iguanas and lizards.

We didn’t hurt it, they don’t have ears do they so my high pitched screaming and actual wailing won’t have hurt it.
My bro in law put it over the fence into the woods and it slithered off.

Looks like a beautiful female! We saw this male on a walk the other day.

Our garden is riddled with slow worms currently, I love seeing them! We had a few grass snakes last year, but no adders so far!

Please tell me none of you with adder experiences live in the NE of England...

No I'm in pembrokeshire

SE England. Nearer France than London 😂

I’m in Sussex Myrtle, you might be safe!

They're not hideous! The sun has brought them out. We saw a young one on the common the other day - they like to lead a quiet life

I would have shat my pants

Oh that's fantastic.

Why did you scream, did you see something scary at the same time?