Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) on sandy track, Ash Ranges, 10:27am, 11 June 2020. This is Britain’s rarest native reptile and generally the most secretive. This one hadn’t read the script and I was privileged that it ‘posed’ to let me take photos. It is strictly protected and a licence is needed to pick up reptile tins where they may be present and for some other actions.