ID this beastie ?

[Baldy]

Forgot to post this the other day - whilst out in the back garden the other day workin on a timber project or two I felt something on my leg - flicked it off and took some pics. Definitely not a slug nor an earthworm. I think it might be a leech and I just got lucky.





Should perhaps have done one of my upsidedown videos for clarity...

[DannyK]

Does look like a leech. Got things like that in my pond.

[Martin H]

It could be a flatworm. There are pictures here:

http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/Download...;16012014].pdf

[Baldy]

Thanks for the link Martin. It was doing the side to side head movement mentioned in that article so it seems likely it was a flatworm. Have to do a bit more reading about them - didn't know we had so many native species.

[muddled]

Is it very immature of me to say "ewwwwwww" (shudder)?

Yup, thought so

[Martin H]

didn't know we had so many native species.

Neither did I!

[Lumpy]

Maybe it was looking for the Balders Theme Park as it had heard that the new ride - The Sluguchet was brilliant.