My plot has been resembling a zoo lately...
Some strange moth thing...
This is Bill, the resident fox who lives on my plot...
I also came across a big snake on my way back from the plot last week, I caught a glimpse of it moving in the corner of my eye and turned to see it on the side of the path. It must have been at least a meter long in length, maybe around 6ft even. Definitely a grass snake. But before I could reach into my pocket, getting my phone out and switching to the camera app, the snake struck out in my direction, in one quick biting motion, missing my leg by a few inches and then it shot off into the undergrowth at light speed.
I spent another 5 minutes trying to find it again, but it was gone. I never would have thought a snake would move so fast, especially one so long. I always heard that grass snakes play dead and that they do not bite. This one was different. It didn't hesitate to go for me, and it was off in a flash into the undergrowth after the initial strike. I am so annoyed that I could not get a pic in time. I am now vowing to get some snake pics in this diary before the end of the season!
And thankfully we have had a bit of rain here in recent days, although it is still nowhere near enough to make up for the drought or to replenish the ground stocks. Yesterday was sunny and warm, around the 22C mark and the ground had dried out again pretty much, but there has been quite a bit of rain again today and cooler temps. Tomorrow is supposed to be 24C with sunny skies which means I might be back to square one again, with everything drying out, unless we get a few more days of rain this week, and quite a bit more rain throughout May & June :smoking:
