Red-eared Slider
This is one of the terrapins commonly sold in pet shops a couple of centimetres long in a local 'bomb crater' pond. Most likely it was a pet that outgrew its welcome - they have a fierce bite - and got dumped in the pond. Here it has continued to grow and is now a voracious predator over 20 cm long. I suspect it's not the only one as shoals of small roach and rudd are now conspicuous by their absence. I'm not sure whether they are breeding but they are certainly established as a part of the pond's wildlife.
Red-eared Slider
This is one of the terrapins commonly sold in pet shops a couple of centimetres long in a local 'bomb crater' pond. Most likely it was a pet that outgrew its welcome - they have a fierce bite - and got dumped in the pond. Here it has continued to grow and is now a voracious predator over 20 cm long. I suspect it's not the only one as shoals of small roach and rudd are now conspicuous by their absence. I'm not sure whether they are breeding but they are certainly established as a part of the pond's wildlife.