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Thats brilliant, unfortunatley we dont have any snakes in Ireland. Most interesting animal ive ever seen in a garden is a boring old rabbit!
yeah i came across a fat adder about 1 foot long a few weeks back
Yuck! When we first came out I was terrified of snakes, but we see a lot and unfortunately, I decapitated one with my strimmer. See a few adders, but thankfully not too many :(
Often get Deer, hares and boar too! (and Wifey 'claims' to have seen a Wallaby last week...............)
Steve
we also get lots of slow worms, toads, rabbits, mice, voles, hedgehogs, clegs and worst of all MIDGIES!!!
2 weeks ago when i was out i got stung 3 times on my belly by a hornet, came out in a huge itchy rash, then 2 days later i was doing some clearing with the blade on the trimmer, went very close to a wasp nest, got stung twice, once on the back of the leg which wasn't too bad but the one on my finger was realllly sore, finger all swollen!!
But, i still love the outdoors work and would not trade it back for my old office job :)
I've twice hit wasp's nests when cutting hedges, and the owner of one property knew there were a lot of wasps in his hadge. He nearly got a smack, as I'm slightly allergic to wasp stings. When you have a dozen or so stings and you feel yourself swelling up you look to take it out on someone!
My classic was hitting a slow-worm with the strimmer in a very overgrown plot. It flew up, and landed on my mesh visor, swaying from side to side. The first thing that came in to my head was "a windscreen viper", at which point I fell over laughing at my own joke. The client came out thinking I had a snake attacking my face, which only made me laugh even more! I never got a call from her for any follow-up work.....
A pal up the road was hit 3x on the lips by Hornets last year (he was digging out a stump with his digger) His face swelled up like a rugby ball, his wife got him to the dctrs, where he collapsed out cold in the car - his heart stopped and the doc managed to get him going again- he was rushed to hospital but was home within a couple of days... he wears a helmet now!
Steve
been stung on the eye lid while up a ladder cutting back ivy did not notice the wasps nest soon enough, but the best i have seen happened to my mate about ten years ago he disturbed a wild bees nest and they attacked him he started running across a fled stripping off as he went he ended up just in is under pants but i had to rub some anti histamine cream on him (left the private parts for himself to do) it was so funny to watch
I was told its been in the garden for years and was used to keep the garage door open.
I'm glad we always check the lawns before we mow.
Hi Steve
Did you know this is Western Whip snake, Hierophis viridiflavus?
http://www.herpfrance.com/reptile/western_whip_snake_hierophis_viri...
This has just been posted on Twitter:
emcy_norfolk: Just had an unusual visitor in our drive-thru! He was safely caught and returned to the Heath. Beautiful markings. :) http://t.co/ao42IPj0
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/emcy_norfolk/statuses/242626714587516928
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