Slow Worm along the Loughor

Walking along the upper Loughor last week we stumbled across this rather excellent Slow Worm soaking up some late evening rays. Judging from its slovenly nature I presume it had become chilled earlier in the day and was taking the opportunity to warm back up.

Having posed perfectly we encouraged it back into slightly safer territory as sitting in the middle of a track is never going to benefit your life expectancy. Just ask the individual I ran over on my bike a couple of years ago, though somehow that one escaped completely unharmed!