A water vole dropping against a 1p piece, for scale
Refreshed latrine outside the timber yard
Latrine on the Prees Branch Canal
Latrine under the bridge on Greenfields Rise, outside the Country Park
Droppings under the bridge near HomebaseI've come to the conclusion there are no water voles at present in the car park stretch of White Lion Meadow. This isn't especially significant: colonies do move about, up and down waterways, and if there's a breeding female outside the timber yard as the refreshed latrine suggests, then I'm sure there'll be voles back under the swimming pool stretch before too long (not least because they can't extend in the other direction due to a massive culvert).
.Meanwhile there's clearly activity elsewhere, despite the lack of sightings.
As far as the car-park and timber yard stretch goes how many breeding females would that accomodate? It's not a big patch.
ReplyDeleteIt's not an exact science as a lot depends on how rich the area is - the more there is to eat on a bank, the smaller the territories can afford to be. Probably at this time of year we're only looking at one anyway, though.
ReplyDeleteI must add, this evening something was tugging at the grass from below, up by the car park. So perhaps there is a water vole there after all.