{"id":894741,"date":"2026-04-15T02:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/894741\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T02:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:30:30","slug":"snake-in-lake-at-solihull-beauty-spot-as-dad-pulls-python-from-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/894741\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake in lake at Solihull beauty spot as dad pulls python from water"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dad said he was unsure if the deceased snake had been ‘dumped or escaped’\"The<\/p>\n

The python was pulled from Babbs Mill Lake in Solihull <\/p>\n

A dad and his son were enjoying a day out ‘exploring’ when they sadly spotted a dead python floating in a Solihull<\/a> lake.<\/p>\n

The dad, who chose not to be named, spotted the unusual reptile sighting at beauty spot Babbs Mill Lake<\/a> on Monday, April 6.<\/p>\n

He managed to pull the huge yellow snake from the water.<\/p>\n

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The dad said he was unsure if the deceased animal had been “dumped or escaped”.<\/p>\n

He told BirminghamLive<\/a>: “I took my son to the park where we found the snake.<\/p>\n

“I got it out of the lake. It was quite far in. It was dead.<\/p>\n

“Some guy said it was a piece of rope but I said, ‘no way, I can see scales’. So I got a big stick to pull it to the side and took it out.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The python was pulled from Babbs Mill Lake in Solihull <\/p>\n

“We’d just gone for an explore around Babbs Mill, as we quite often do.”<\/p>\n

He said the tragic discovery was reported to Solihull Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Images of the snake were shared in a Facebook neighbourhood group.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the sighting, Marie Shelby commented: “Very sad. You don’t just throw something away.<\/p>\n

“I hope that this isn’t what it seems and it’s just an accident.”<\/p>\n

Agreeing, Jake Withephotos said: “Someone’s pet has either got out or been dumped. Either way, it’s a shame.”<\/p>\n

Heather Jones added: “What a beautiful creature. So sad.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dad said he was unsure if the deceased snake had been ‘dumped or escaped’ The python was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3847],"tags":[70,2671,16,15,1717],"class_list":["post-894741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-solihull","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116406375319684146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}