A while ago I was walking the dog around the ponds, I noticed something in the pond nearest to Turnpike Lane, that I thought looked like a turtle or terrapin but I wasn’t sure and my husband thought I was mad until he walked the dog last week and a gentleman took a picture and kindly mailed it into us, so here he/she is

We are looking into what we can do for the Terrapin, but in the meantime he is living in the pond happily.

Please can we remind you that releasing unwanted exotic pets into the wild is cruel and illegal. Most exotic pets are unlikely to be able to survive in the wild in Britain and non-native species could pose a serious threat to our native wildlife. It is illegal under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) to release, or to allow to escape, any species that are not normally native to the UK.” Quote from the RSPCA