slow worms

[furky]

how can we introduce slow wrms in some places

[honeybee]

They need a nice habitat where cats etc can't attack them and preferably where they don't have to cross roads as I've seen a lot that have been run over Nice wood piles and places for them to sun themselves (you often see them in graveyards on tombs) they obviously want a nice organic garden or whatnot where there's lots to eat and sprays / pellets aren't used to kill everything. You're not too likely to get them in town. I found one once by a school playingfield.

[pheonix]

You may already have them and if you havn't then it probably isn't supposed to be - it is difficult to get animal introductions to work as all conditions have to be right.
Adding to honeybees post they will need somewhere to hibernate too.
And they are often found in urban areas, quite often where you'd least expect, for example brown field sites. i have done a lot of survey work around the outskirts of london and slowworms are pretty much everywhere!

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by pheonix

You may already have them and if you havn't then it probably isn't supposed to be - it is difficult to get animal introductions to work as all conditions have to be right.
Adding to honeybees post they will need somewhere to hibernate too.
And they are often found in urban areas, quite often where you'd least expect, for example brown field sites. i have done a lot of survey work around the outskirts of london and slowworms are pretty much everywhere!

yes I second that they are found in towns.... They love allotments for example!

[honeybee]

Well I have seen one in Topshop actually.

[pheonix]

sarky!!

[honeybee]

That's me, sorry! I can't help it, don't mean to come across as rude!!