Christina Websell wrote:
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:
"Derek Turner" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:28:08 -0700, harry wrote:

Dismantled the compost heap yesterday and found about thirty grass
snake
eggs. It least that's what I assume they are as we have grass snakes,
they regularly clear out my pond of tadpoles. I've put them in my
propagator in some damp compost. Waiting to see what happens.
The police arrest you for an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside
act? ISTR that they are protected.
Since the compost heap has already been dismantled (or he wouldn't have
found the eggs which he could have no idea were there) I think harry has
done his best for them by doing what he has.
I don't expect the W&C Act exists to punish people who accidentally find
grass snake eggs in their compost heap while dismantling it.
I found a dead grass-snake on the road the other day. This is the first
sign of them I've seen in the locality, and I've been here since the
mid-'seventies.

I'd be so thrilled if I had grass snake eggs in *my* compost heap, I
doubt it as I've never seen a grass snake in my garden but hey, I rarely
dismantle my heap, it's 100 yds away so perhaps they are there without me
seeing them?
I really enjoyed reading harry's post about this and I hope he gets some
baby grass snakes hatching out in his propagator
So do I.

I suppose they couldn't be snails' eggs, though?

NO!! I hope someone knows the difference between grass snail eggs and snail
eggs!

Grass snails? Coo!

But snails' eggs are pretty large, especially the Roman snail, which
seems o be taking hold in some places - presumably where there's no garlic.

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Rusty