Last year when we filled the pool and started running the filtration system, the first thing that happened, was that the filter for the pump filled up with snails.
Since then we haven’t seen any more of them in the pool, but in the last week or so I have noticed that they are climbing up the wild fennel plants (which grow on most waste ground in Bixquert):
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- Snails climbing fennel in the next-door plot
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- Snails on wild fennel
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- Snails on wild fennel
In fact this appears to be common for snails in summer – snails like aestivating on fences and anything else that is above the ground:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glanum-snail-climb-fence-5763.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kadina-snails-climb-fence-0716.jpg