RSPCA officers were called but the scary intruder turned out to actually be a
slow worm.
Wendy McIntyre found a young
slow worm at Mondhui Farm, Port of Menteith, at the Easter weekend.
It is also of critical importance that protected species, like
slow worm, are not put at risk through development."
In another case, teams help out a
slow worm who is miles from home.
"Another animal that might be seen is the
slow worm, which is a legless lizard and not a snake.
A JustGiving page set up in Mr Brandon's honour is to raise money for the World Wide Fund for Nature A biography on the site reads: "We have struggled, when looking for photos for his funeral, to find any when he isn't holding a spider, snake, small bird, toad,
slow worm, hedgehog, feeding a fox, stroking cattle, befriending a cat or dog, so these charities seemed the perfect choice." Mr Brandon's mother, Barbara, said yesterday she would not comment about her son's death.
The unexpected visitor - which turned out to be a
slow worm - was trapped in the packaging of a chocolate cake in Claire's delivery from Asda.
SNP MSP Bruce Crawford revealed himself to be a champion of the
slow worm, which despite its name is actually a legless lizard.
Earlier in the year there was a
Slow Worm in the garden.
RHIAN ROBERTS .HEAD HOUSEKEEPER.: The
slow worm, a type of legless lizard that looks like a snake.
A
slow worm basking in the seldom rays of sun, We follow narrow ways, dark and steep, Through dips sheltered from the cold and damp.
FACT FILE | | Latin name Anguis fragilis | | Length: Up to 50cm fully grown | | Weight: 20-100g | | Average lifespan: Up to 20 years | |Conservation: The
slow worm is protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, and classified as a Priority Species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
Anguis fragilis - small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind