Terrapin

.......... living in the wild at a nature reserve I visited today. It’s thought to have been released by someone who had it as a pet but decided not to keep it for some reason and it has lived there for many years apparently.
I found out about it because I got chatting to a lady who came and sat near me in the hide I was in - we were the only two people in there.
After we had chatted about wildlife, photography and cameras, she casually said “ the terrapin is out today “, thinking I knew about it as I’ve visited the reserve a few times this year but I had no idea. So she told me where I could find it and sure enough there he was basking in the sunshine - I was thrilled to see him and get a few photos because it seems he doesn’t show himself very often ;-))
The downside was that it was rather a long walk ( quite a bit longer than I normally would do ), so I’m going to pay for it over the next few days but it was definitely worth the effort to see him - it made my day ;-)))