Swimming grass snake

[Mal Grey]

Grass snake, River Thames near Goring

[Tinto63]

Great pictures, thanks for posting.

[Coop]

Fantastic pics. That would be a sight to treasure

[onsen]

Nice shots, Mal.

[EmmaKTunskeen]

Superb shots, Mal!

[Alteknacker]

Just wonderful - experience of a lifetime! Lucky you. And thanks for posting,

[Mal Grey]

Thanks all

Just wonderful - experience of a lifetime! Lucky you. And thanks for posting,

I see them quite often, well, one or two a year, but this is the first I've been close enough to have time to get the camera out. I'm afraid I probably chased it a little trying to get the latter shot. Once in the bushes ahead, it stopped and didn't appear phased, it just watched me for a moment or two before slithering slowly off.

[BlackPanther]

Wow, superb snaps! I never saw one swimming but they like snacking on frogs so they must be used to water

Snakes are always too fast to photograph! I have the same problem with adders, they always slither away before my camera gets a chance...

[CharlesT]

Very nice. On dry land it would have slithered off sharpish into the undergrowth, so a great photo opp, as they say.

[Mal Grey]

Thanks all, it was indeed the best view I've had of one....until yesterday when I got even closer to a smaller one. However, I didn't have the camera ready until it was a little further off, so the photos aren't as good.

[Sunset tripper]

Brilliant. Never seen anything like that.

[spiderwebb]

Wow, great photos, I'm still waiting to see an adder. Only ever seen two grass snakes. One in Milton Keynes, wildlife capital of the South