Oh how GREAT! The only time I ever saw a `wild´ snake, was when my brother caught one in the dentists garden. The dentist called us (instead of the police or fire brigade or the local animal protection unit) because my brother was the only one he knew that handled snakes. (being a beginning herp at 16 years old. Now he´s almost 30, so it is a while back) Bit silly, but my bro´ went (with my: carefull he didn´t give a real discription!It COULD be a viper! trailing him :roll: ) and caught it. It was a simple Natrix natrix no longer than a foot long. He brought it home in a plastic jar, so he could show me and we set it free in the little nature reserve it probably came from in the first place. There it shot like greased lightning into the water and under the weeds. After a while it carefully poked its little head out and swam to shore. There it basked a little before disappearing into the undergrowth.
I really wish there were more snakes in the Netherlands....