Arianta a rbustorum

The recent wet weather has brought a variety of snails into the gravel area of the garden.

This banded snail can be found in almost any part of the UK where snails are generally present. Where the soil is acidic or peaty, there is insufficient calcium available for snails to make their shells, so avoid such areas. The shell varies in colour from dark brown through to yellow, and there may, or may not be a dark central band. They can be found in a wide variety of habitats including in woodland, scrub, in and under hedges, in tall herbaceous vegetation like nettle patches, in long or short grass, on garden shrubs.