White Lion Meadow car park again.

White Lion Meadow car park again. In the top photo you can see the chewed-at-an-angle stems, typical of vole feeding. The picture below it shows the proximity of the trolleys to the voles.

First juvenile vole I've seen this year

And damn tricky to spot: I thought at first it was a mouse. This was at White Lion Meadow stretch of the brook again, just opposite the abandoned Tesco trolley that's still by the willlow tree.

Shame!

I've been away for a week, and while I'm glad to see there's been a sighting at White Lion Meadow in my absence, I'm less happy that the trolley's not been touched and that there are three more with it. Appalling. This is the habitat of the UK's most endangered mammal we're talking about. I'm really hoping someone's going to take some action soon.

On a more positive note, here's a lovely film clip of Derek Gow releasing a hundred voles at Catterick. This is how it should be done: http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=water+voles+catterick&scope=all&edition=d&tab=av&recipe=all

PS: Viv, if you're reading this, thanks! A pleasure.

Another sighting at White Lion Meadow car park

One adult, on the bank directly opposite the abandoned Tesco trolley.

Hear the noise from the car park!