A grandmother has shared her shock after she and her baby grandson ran into a snake during the school run.

Lisa Cochrane of Watlington was walking with the 10-month-old infant to pick up her other two grandchildren from school.

At around 2.30pm she was near the new Red Kite housing estate when she and her grandchild came across a huge snake.

“I was walking my grandson in his pushchair to collect his two older brothers from school,” she said.

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A grass snake in England (file photo).A grass snake in England (file photo). (Image: AJ Harder)

“It came out from the bush grass so I did wonder at the time if it was a grass snake.

“I was shocked and froze still as I don’t like snakes then made a run for it.

The 53-year-old got away from the scene and was thankful that she had just the one grandchild with her at the time of the sighting.

“I was also relieved that I didn’t have the older two with me as with boys being boys they would have probably wanted to touch it," she continued. 

“I’ve never seen a snake in Oxfordshire and I’ve lived here all my life.”

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There have been several snake sightings across Oxfordshire in 2024 with the majority spotted all being grass snakes.

One adder was spotted close to Bicester on the border with Buckinghamshire while grass snakes have been seen near Abingdon, Witney and Chipping Norton in the last eight months.

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