Whose prints?
Whose burrow?
Whose feeding?
Took a walk down to the fields on either side of the railway track to see if anything was stirring yet. There are prints - but are they rat? And burrows - ditto. Plenty of feeding signs, too, but that could be field vole (I saw a field vole run past as I was peering down a bank).
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Time will tell. Weather/temperature permitting, I'd expect to see water vole latrines appearing within the next couple of months. They are the best indicator of w-v presence, bar an actual sighting.
A brook of intrigue!
ReplyDeleteSo early; but so mild.
I suspect our frogs will be making a false start someday soon, and I’m sure I saw a collared dove squiggling down on its nest yesterday.