TURTLE BUT NO DOVES

On my way back from a little excursion I spot one of two Red Eared Terrapins that live in a brook I cycle past a great deal.

This is a HUGE female that fooled me TWICE now into thinking she was a European Pond Tortoise due to her shape.

SHe was in a different part of the brook she normally inhabits and without her smaller mate I used to see with her.

Being half the size the other is likely a male and I have not seen any young Terrapins nor have I anywhere else I have seen the adults.