We’ve just returned home from a week in Sweden and after seeing an adder while away we’ve just found this beauty of a grass snake on the sunny wall opposite our garden.

I have to admit, snakes aren’t my favourites of the animal world but it was a real treat to see this one so closely and to get some nice video and pictures of it.

Perhaps this will help with preparing me for what might be a much more snakey trip later in the year!