A member of the Camera Club has shared photos of her encounter with a slow worm in Kinver Edge.
Advertiser and Shuttle Camera Club member Violet Campbell shared three great photos of a slow worm she had spotted in the area.
Although quite common, people often mistake slow worms for a snake due to their appearance, but they are in fact legless lizards.
On the Advertiser and Shuttle Camera Club page, Violet Campbell said: "My first slow worm. Longer than I expected and no way was it slow."
Slow worms can often be found on heathlands and grasslands or even gardens and allotments.
The Wildlife Trusts website said: "Like other reptiles, slow worms spend the winter in a dormant, hibernation-like state known as brumation, usually from October to March.
The slow worm is much smaller than a snake and has smooth, golden-grey skin.
"Males are paler in colour and sometimes sport blue spots, while females are larger, with dark sides and a dark stripe down the back."
For more information visit www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/reptiles/slow-worm
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