Twice puff-adders came twisting into the alert ring of our debating coffee-circle.

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Since October last year 250 common lizards, 50 grass snakes, six adders and six great crested newts have been trapped and relocated.

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With both sites found to be suitable, over 290 adders, 400 grass snakes, 17, 000 common lizards and 6, 000 slow worms have been carefully captured by hand and transported in grass-lined boxes to the county.

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