Slow Wom

[Chipchopper]

I inadvertently flushed one of these beautiful creatures out into the open with the vibration from my mower.
It was about a foot (30 cm) long and a soft gold colour. I picked it up and put it in a safe area of the garden.
For those who may not know, the slow worm is actually a type of legless lizard.

Lots of small toadlets around lately, so thats another thing to keep an eye out for when working in the garden.

[Chipchopper]

Worm^

[woofgang]

We lost our frogs to the virus around 20 or so years ago and the return is very slow. Toads vanished before that, no idea why, but this year, I found a fat, healthy and very indignant toad on my patio. I moved him into my tortoise habitat where he will be safe from the dogs.

[Tilly2]

My next garden project is to put in a proper, small wildlife pond. At the moment, my pond is a potting tray and I did have frogs last year. Nothing this year, so I need to do something to help them by providing a suitable habitat.

[Chipchopper]

The toad should be safe with the tortoise, Woof.

[Chipchopper]

Tilly,I think a pond (no matter how small) is a very important element to a wildlife garden, I finally put one in last year and its made a huge improvement!

[Tilly2]

Did you buy a pre-formed one, Chip?

[alavahalf]

Earlier this year I found about 5 or 6 of them, on one of my compost piles. I stopped adding to it immediately. Every day if it is warm, I have a quick look to see if they are okay. They are still there and seem happy to stay under a loose sheet on top of the pile.
[IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/io16vr.jpg[/IMG]

[alavahalf]

Why doesnt that link work ?

[woofgang]

yes, its my wildlife area chipchopper. It has many different small habitats, a pond which is raised for the safety of the tortoises, and has goldfish in it but still gets loads of wild visitors

[Chipchopper]

Tilly, yes it is a small pre-formed one. The only plant I introduced to it was a frogbit, which soon spread.

[Chipchopper]

Alav, sounds like you've made them an ideal incubator.
Hope to see the link, when it decides to work.

[alavahalf]

Not sure what's wrong .

http://i63.tinypic.com/io16vr.jpg[/IMG]

[wiltsman]

To see Chipchopper's pic, copy and paste the link but do not include the IMG references and brackets.

[gness]

I have lots of froglets just now, Chip......I give the lawn a gentle brush before mowing....must amuse the neighbours I think....then mow very slowly to let the froglets hop and hide till I've finished....x

[Chipchopper]

Good pic of your's Alav, it looks very chubby!

[Chipchopper]

Gness, I think we are allowed to intervene at times to give the little ones a chance. Good on ya!

[paddywak]

For about 7 years we've had a Great Crested Newt in our fish pond,wich I always suspected arrived as spawn on some oxygenator I bought, sadly he's not been seen this year so I suspect he's gone to the great fishpond in the sky.