Who knows? I've studied the pic again and he does look a tad ratty, but he really was a water vole. I watched him for ages while he ate nettles, then he dived into the water and kicked up mud, the way they do.
This blog charts the fortunes of water voles in and around the Whitchurch area, North Shropshire. Water voles are one of the UK's most threatened mammals, extinct in many counties, and so it's vital they receive as much monitoring and protection as there is going. Here in Whitchurch we're lucky enough to have them right in the middle of town - how cool is that?
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Perhaps it's at the end of this one's territory and he's an infrequent visitor? But maybe it's the sun afterall - it does for me!
Who knows?
I've studied the pic again and he does look a tad ratty, but he really was a water vole. I watched him for ages while he ate nettles, then he dived into the water and kicked up mud, the way they do.
That is great news Kate! Before you know it he'll be climbing around in the bushes!!
;-)
My fellow voler, Albert, has some great video footage of one swinging from a willow branch and plopping into the water.
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