I have maintained a wildlife area in my garden for many years and I am pleased to say it attracts a variety of animals from Long Tailed Field Mice, Smooth Newts and Speckled Wood Butterflies.
This warm weather has brought the Slow worms out into the open. I spotted a stunning female on my compost heap this afternoon. These legless lizards have a beautiful metallic bronze back and a chocolate brown underside. I am pleased to say they breed here and I took pictures of them mating last year (a rare sighting). They are surprisingly common in gardens but rather good at remaining hidden. A key component of my habitat is a compost heap covered by an old carpet which you can see on this photo. Hope you like it.
You can read more about them here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_worm

I love slow worms.

I haven't seen one though since i was living up west parade as a kid.

Unfortunately, i don't get to see as much wildlife as i'd like to anyways

that is so cool
That does it wild life pics are going to have to go up. means Im going to have to look for some wildlife though that means getting off the couch oh no
Ok I wont bother

Lev,
They are more common than you think.
A couple of quotes from here:
http://www.narrs.org.uk/slowwormcompost.htm
We are most likely to find them in compost heaps, or when they are warming up under bits of old wood, carpet, rubber, polythene sheeting or corrugated iron. However, the few animals we see are usually just the tip of the iceberg as most slow-worms are rarely observed. In suitable locations slow-worms can occur in considerable numbers, with over 1,000 per hectare recorded in parts of Southern England. The slow-worm is the original gardener’s friend; they eat slugs and other invertebrates, and are completely harmless to humans.
Now a hectare is 10,000 square metres so that equates to one slow worm per 10 square metres or about 10 feet by 10 feet in old money!
and very surprisingly:
Slow-worms are long-lived: 20 years or more in the wild, and over 50 years recorded in captivity. In urban areas, many older animals lose their tails, often due to cats. Careless mowing can kill them, and it is always best to disturb any long grass before mowing.
Certainly the best place to look is in a compost heap (turn it over gently)