Any snake experts here?

[Scuffers]

spotted this on a hedge sunning itself, what is it?

[FreeLitres]

Grass Snake?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/articles/2007/0...

[Mastodon2]

Looks like a Grass Snake. Probably harmless, doesn't look like an adder. I would have thought it would be going into hibernation or at least looking for somewhere to hibernate at this time of year. Leave it to it.

[750turbo]

Scuffers said:

spotted this on a hedge sunning itself, what is it?

Lovely snake Nice friendly animals.

Not like those bastiid spiders!

[FreeLitres]

By the way, I am not a snake expert - I am just good with Google. (Meaning, I can type "British Snake" into it! )

Cool find by the way!

[central]

Grass Snake.

[Japveesix]

Nice pic, definitely a grass snake making the most of the last of this years sunshine.

[Scuffers]

Cool, thanks....

never realised a grass snake could get that big... (this one was a good 5+ foot long)

[HOGEPH]

Trouser snake?

[bobr]

Dog turd?

[Sonic]

Looks like a grass snake.

Cool picture

[Chilli]

Scuffers said:

Cool, thanks....

never realised a grass snake could get that big... (this one was a good 5+ foot long)

A grass snake.....5+ foot long? really? I thought they max'd out at about 2!

[BlackVanGirl]

Where in the UK? Town/country? 5ft is huge, unusual but not impossible for a grass snake.

[Tow Vehicle Rqrd]

Harmless grass snake.

[Steamer]

A five foot snake?!...

... Sounds like my ex! Did it have tits?

Impressive find anyway, looks like a job for Austin Stevens! What an ace guy.

[Steamer]

Sorry iPhone echo!

Edited by Steamer on Friday 22 October 19:55

[Matt Harper]

Chilli said:

Scuffers said:

Cool, thanks....

never realised a grass snake could get that big... (this one was a good 5+ foot long)

A grass snake.....5+ foot long? really? I thought they max'd out at about 2!

It can't be 5 feet long and a grass snake to boot. I suspect that with snake encounters being reasonably uncommon, the surprise can have an exaggerating effect. I'm not being disrespectful, but a five foot long UK indigenous snake would have me calling the Guinness Book of Records.

[BlackVanGirl]

Matt Harper said:

Chilli said:

Scuffers said:

Cool, thanks....

never realised a grass snake could get that big... (this one was a good 5+ foot long)

A grass snake.....5+ foot long? really? I thought they max'd out at about 2!

It can't be 5 feet long and a grass snake to boot. I suspect that with snake encounters being reasonably uncommon, the surprise can have an exaggerating effect. I'm not being disrespectful, but a five foot long UK indigenous snake would have me calling the Guinness Book of Records.

Female grass snakes can get up to 6ft+ in the right environment. Like I said unusual but not impossible.

There are some HUGE adders round the Pembrokeshire coast, found one getting on for 3ft about 10 years ago. Good job the dog was off hunting bunnies elsewhere.

[Scuffers]

Matt Harper said:

Chilli said:

Scuffers said:

Cool, thanks....

never realised a grass snake could get that big... (this one was a good 5+ foot long)

A grass snake.....5+ foot long? really? I thought they max'd out at about 2!

It can't be 5 feet long and a grass snake to boot. I suspect that with snake encounters being reasonably uncommon, the surprise can have an exaggerating effect. I'm not being disrespectful, but a five foot long UK indigenous snake would have me calling the Guinness Book of Records.

well, I did not get a tape out and measure it, just going on it being about 2 foot wide in that picture curled up.

[FranKinFezza]

Steamer said:

A five foot snake?!...

... Sounds like my ex! Did it have tits?

Impressive find anyway, looks like a job for Austin Stevens! What an ace guy.

thanks my screen needed cleaning