Mostly found in rather moist grassy areas , woodlands and gardens, slow worms are neither worms nor snakes but legless lizards. When disturbed they can move at a fast pace disappearing into the undergrowth. They grow to about 50cms and are grey in colour.

Spending most of their life in damp woodland, marshes and gardens feeding on slugs, worms and invertebrates; newts head off to ponds, ditches, lake margins and slow-moving rivers to breed in the Spring.
Largely nocturnal, they shelter (as well as hibernate) under logs or leaf litter.
The common newt can found along the Bybrook and are grey-brown in colour with a pale orange underbelly.

Many colonies of Pipistrelle bats can found along the Bybrook. Emerging at twilight they can be seen flying around the local countryside and gardens searching for food. The smallest bat species found in the UK, a Pipistrelle can easily fit into a matchbox and yet can eat up to 300 insects a night! Planting night scented flowers in your garden will bring in the moths and insects which in turn will attract the bats.

The only British snake that is associated with water and wetland
habitats. The grass snake swims well, with its head and neck out
of the water where it does much of its hunting, feeding on amphibians and small mammals. The grass snake is usually greenish in colour with a yellow and black collar and can grow up to 150cms. It is quite harmless to humans and will often play dead if threatened!

Otters are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Elusive and nocturnal, otters are not readily seen in the wild. They do however leave signs of their activity. Distinctive 5-toed footprints can be found along the river banks and otter spraint (droppings) is often deposited in strategic places like fallen trees and rocks to mark territory and advertise for a mate.

Worldwide the most abundant and widespread carnivore, red foxes can be found in a wide array of habitats, from woodlands, farmland and mountains to large cities and urban centres. Famously depicted for their cunning and stealth, foxes are active mainly at night and survive on a wide range of food, even scavenging in bins for scraps.