Same here. I’ve got timber beams across the ceilings of my kitchen, living room, hall and toilet, and it’s not easy to see the webs of those long legged *blind spiders, between the beams, that generally hang upside down on their untidy webs, until those webs hang lower than the beams and light from the windows pinpoints them, then out comes the broom!
*I think they’re blind, and they come to life at night.
This afternoon in our pond. Apologies for the cinematography…
I always prefer a happy ending!
With some jeopardy though!
I didn’t watch until I saw who 
‘d the video who I knew would like to see an eventual happy ending. I’m not going to like it however because it teased!
Yes, I found that more disturbing than my sequence of stills even though I was there at the time seeing it unfold, without knowing the outcome in advance.
I don’t feel quite the same way about flies, even though, before the absolute plague I couldn’t cope with, I capture or usher them outside. I eventually took to the vacuum cleaner to clear them and only later, when I tried to liberate them outside, did I discover that it was so violent that it killed them.
I’m peering at your photo and it seems to have round pupils, which would mark is as non-dangerous grass snake or similar.
Vipers have vertical pupils.. although around here.. no-one seems keen to get nose to nose just to check what’s what 
can you enlarge your photo to clarify the situation ?
If I enlarge it any more it just looks like a horrible blur…
You’ll just need to hang around while it grows up… then you can check again
the vertical pupil (of the bad guy) is actually very distinctive.. I’ve seen both sorts of serpents around our house etc.. and, frankly, I’m happy to leave ‘em all alone
I had to move it elsewhere as our cat decided it would make an excellent plaything !
Looks like a couleuvre
I am not sure, looking at the round eyes I am inclined to agree but it doesn’t appear to have the white tache at the back of the head which is an identifying feature of the couleuvre, like my Hissing Sid.
At least the round pupils tell us it is not poisonous.. 
And if it has slit eyes you are too close
There are several types of non-venomous snakes in France…
I did find a useful link with lots of photos to identify which was which, but it seems to have gone walkabout (or should that be slitheredabout)
We tend to have the Western Whip Snake around our small property. Lovely snakes which enjoy sunning themselves.. and we just leave them alone.
On the other hand, vipers are found all across the village at certain times of the year.
Vipers don’t like the smell of ammonia. If someone spots the dreaded slitherer, there will quickly be a strong smell of ammonia pervading the air… 
A couple of days ago, I was a bit startled to see what looked like an egret on steroids in the usual cattle field that often contains a lot of egrets. It was white and just the same shape as an egret and about 3 times the size (at least) but I’ve never seen one of these before. (No photo, sorry - not being a modern young person who has a smartphone with them at all times… )
I lived in the Aveyron for ten years. We used to get eagles and vultures regularly flying over our shack in the mountains, searching for the carcasses of deceased sheep and cattle, until the authorities decided to collect said carcasses. Hence fewer eagles and buzzards. However, a daily occurrence when I was cycling was the sightings of families of Sangliers and Chevroi. Also massive butterflies flying up from the Mediterranean, along with many different bird and insect species. I now live in the Pays de la Loire, where in some areas, the farmers are destroying our eco system. You know what I mean? Nuff said.
