grass snake

beachBOYken · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:23

hi there

Does anyone know if grass snakes eat fish as i just witnessed a huge grass snake swim across our pond , and all our fish seem to be out of sight , perhaps ther got spooked and are at the bottom , i think they eat frogs as our frog numbers has slightly decreased in the last month.

Anyway this grass snake is the biggest ive ever seen , i did spot it last year in our neigbours garden so it must be living nearby.

it must be about 80cm long and a body of about 4 to 5cm wide

Ive got a nice video of it here-

beachBOYken · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:25

i will give it a go and then post a link , i may have to do it tonight as im out soon

cheers

beachBOYken · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:30

a lot but i feed them earlier and there were loads

beachBOYken · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:42

i would not kill it , i dont think i would go near it :eek:

the vid i will post is just of the snake im not actually disturbing it as such

beachBOYken · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:44

here you go the end of the vid you see it more complete

beachBOYken · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:54

DJMK4 said:
Why would you kill it???

Dont be a ****

Its not often you see snakes in this country, if its causing you a problem, catch it in some sort of cage and take it to be released somewhere

im leaving it put , doesnt bother me at all

beachBOYken · 19 Jul 2010 at 13:00

my garden is surrounded by gardens that have a lot of dry leavey undergrowth which i think they like .
just checked my fish and they seem to be very spooked and are all hiding under the lillys at the bottom

beachBOYken · 21 Jul 2010 at 08:39

Bones said:
We had a grass snake visit us a few weeks back, put the video up on youtube. It contains swearies so if you want to have a watch search for "snakes on a path". Not quite as big as yours but the vid shows my mate handling it

Where abouts in london was the snake?

romford area