Country diary: more slithering predators, please

Ferry Meadows, Peterborough: There’s nothing I want more than grass snakes in my gardenOne of my major wildlife relationship ambitions involves snakes, specifically grass snakes. I desire green serpents in my garden. Many of you will find this unfathomable, but some of you will absolutely get it. Snakes fill a unique place in the human perception of the natural world, sometimes representing good, often embodying evil, usually beneficial, sometimes loved pets, but all too often persecuted a