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    Posted: 29 Sep 2012 at 6:10pm
Saw a pair of courting grass snakes in Essex today, male closely following female and basking with her.  Not sure if mating took place, though.
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no pics?????
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I took some very bad ones which show the two snakes together behind a lot of vegetation - you'll see what I mean if I post them!  
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As promised - not one of my better efforts!  male's head to bottom left, female basking to right...honest!
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Well - you can tell its a snake Wink

at least ...

and its not as bad as my rubber tube effort ...

but the rest takes a pretty vivid imagination Tongue
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you should have used your thermal imaging camera Will Wink
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...or just left the lens cap onLOL
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Its not THAT bad.

It is CLEARLY a snake!! LOL

Poor things are really confused this year. They probably started dating back in the spring, and haven't managed to get a dry day to do the business since ........
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