Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum), Clickimin, Lerwick
Introduction
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Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum), Clickimin, Lerwick
Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 13 May 2017
Snails are not that common in Shetland due to the lack of suitable substrate - the geology doesn't make it easy for them to make their shells.
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Image Location
Latitude
60.150969
Longitude
-1.168472