How surprised I am to hear that we have "ticks" here in Britain. I lived nearly fourty years living in Australia and ticks were a common hazard for bird watchers and campers.
The most I discovered on my body after three days tramping and camping through the bush was the grand total of 156 seed ticks. One just dosen't know they are there till about the third day when they start to itch like mad. We called them the Kangaroo Tick because the poor old roos were covered with them, but also, the lizards that abound in that country, suffered badly with ticks in there ears and under the scales. After a hot shower, the first for three days, and with plenty of scrubbing many of the ticks fall of voluntarily, the rest have to be pulled out with tweezers, of corse there is always the ones who hang on and lose their heads and then you suffer for a couple of weeks with an angry sore at the spot. The worst places to find them are attached to your private parts
or on your nipples
and in your belly button:
I Thank God I left that Country and could now enjoy bird watching in peace from the heat,flies and ticks. "Or so I thought till reading this thread"