Sloworms

[Sharmore]

Hi all,

I'm not about to ask where i might find these hard to find little creatures but, If i was to find one that was in the path of a developer bulldozing our beautiful countryside, the work would have to halt right?? They are defo protected in Scotland??

I have a sneaking feeling this may not even be enough to stop the bulldozers on this major project but, i have a sneaking suspicion this is where, if i where to look find them!!

I've never actually saw one had a look but never found one and if i did i would leave it well alone in case your wondering lol!!

[marvin]

hi

hope these links help

Legislative protection for UK species - Scotland

Slow-worm habitat, ecology, mitigation and the law

cheers
tim

[marvin]

also...from the one show yesterday (you have to fast forward to the very end)

BBC - BBC One Programmes - The One Show, 14/05/2009

tim

[kiwi]

God why does everyone have to tear up the countryside. I would much rather die from starvation or homelessness then live a long life and die in a world without countryside. Everyone's the same, just bin all humans and the world would be a better place regardless of the fact were not here to see it. Every day i get depressed when i stop to think about the rain forest and all the countryside disappearing and it haunts me to know that for the rest of my life I'm going to be filled with guilt for the simple fact that people choose to do these things. I always leave the house to go for a walk with a smile on my face and i realize that all the flowers all the animals and all the fields have a timer stuck on them and sooner or later it's going to be all tarmac and i come back angry and upset. Yet do people care about what were doing? No everyone just sees the land as a profit and exploits the world like it's ours. Everybody goes about there lives worrying about money and jobs yet instead i worry about what the world comes to and what we think is acceptable. Nobody looks to the future but i do and i know it will be a cold , desolate place, how does it make those people feel now? Bring on disease, bring on famine , bring on drought because we all don't deserve this world.

[Beekeeper]

Sharmore, firslty my apologies for hijacking your thread but rather than make a new one with the same title i would like to just add a question regarding Slow worms.

I usually get quite a few nesting in my compost heap and on sunny days i see them basking on the lawn, the next time i see them they are dead with chunks out of their bodies but i have never seen the culprit, i have a feeling it is either Jackdaws or Magpies but never actually whitnessed it so cannot aportion blame to anything so far, it really saddens me as they are wonderful reptiles and so useful in the garden.

BK

[Jonny]

Originally Posted by Beekeeper

Sharmore, firslty my apologies for hijacking your thread but rather than make a new one with the same title i would like to just add a question regarding Slow worms.

I usually get quite a few nesting in my compost heap and on sunny days i see them basking on the lawn, the next time i see them they are dead with chunks out of their bodies but i have never seen the culprit, i have a feeling it is either Jackdaws or Magpies but never actually whitnessed it so cannot aportion blame to anything so far, it really saddens me as they are wonderful reptiles and so useful in the garden.

BK

It was a rook that I once saw, eating a slow worm. Bet all the corvids eat them.. The tail of the unlucky slow worm... - Bushcraftliving.com Discussion Forum

[RobinP]

Probably cats at work, they are a major predator of slow worms.

[Beekeeper]

Thanks Jonny, interesting.

BK

[Beekeeper]

Originally Posted by RobinP

Probably cats at work, they are a major predator of slow worms.

That i didn't know, thank you Robin P, damn cats are in my immediate area in abundance, i hate the things, they have destroyed numerous birds nests in my garden over time.

BK

[NickCantle]

Let us please not have another thread trashed and dominated by cat debates