Baby slow worm

We have now seen the biggest and the smallest slow worm in our garden this summer. They definitely appear to be breeding in our garden which is nice to know.

We saw this baby slow worm on our patio and I put a pound coin next to it to give some idea of it’s size.

Baby slow worm next to a pound coin

Tiny slow worm on our patio

We put it in the undergrowth for safety but a little later it was on the brick wall by the patio.

A little bit later it shows up again

I am sure it was the same one as it was a bit further up the same patio. I wonder why they come out into the open where they will be vulnerable. We are being very careful about checking where we step as we don’t want to step on one.

You can see the other extreme in size on this post “A slow worm path on our “.

It is good see the slow worms, big and small, in our garden.