Am i likely to find...?

[Katie]

Hello everyone!

I have found a sudden loving of helix pomatia. I would like to keep some but my mum wont let me buy any, she says i dont have room for another tank and not enough money, but i do!

So seeing as i am not aloud to buy any, am i likely to find them around where i live in the wild? i live in the east midlands, England (nottingham to be presise). i have access to woods and wild feilds.

Any answered would be great. xXx

[Deleted]

You won't find them in Nottingham, they're only in certain regions of south and south east england on chalk soils. and even then they're quite rare and are also protected (schedule 5 of wildlife and countryside act) so you're not allowed to remove them from that area. www.naturenet.net/law/sched5.html

this pdf includes a distribution map

www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/Article17/FCS2007-S1026-Final.pdf

kind regards

Mike

[Katie]

oh never mind. xxx
thanks for the help

[heydihoo]

i have found them up here in the north but only on very rare occasions