Every summer, without fail, the British press carries alarming stories about snake sightings. On an island that only has one ...

The Smooth Snake, Britain's rarest native reptile, is thriving on East Devon's Pebblebed Heaths 16 years after being reintroduced to the county. A recent survey recorded 39 individual snakes ...

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There are only three types of snakes native to the UK - an adder, grass snake and a smooth snake - all of which can be found across the country. There were a number of adder sightings across the UK ...

From mainland Scotland down to Devon, there are snake hotspots located all over the UK. There are three species native to the UK: You may be wondering whether you are likely to stumble across one in ...

Sightings of a rare species of snake have hit an all time high in Devon following its successful release into the wild. In the Summer of 2009, a partnership project was launched to reintroduce ...

Wildlife volunteers are celebrating the successful reintroduction of smooth snakes. A project to reintroduce the non-venomous species in Pebblebed Heaths in east Devon has seen numbers consistently ...

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