Monday, 22 June 2026

I Think Tomorrow We Find Out Whether This Colony Will Survive




I've looked at Shropshire Planning Portal and I think tomorrow they publish their decision about whether this field, so crucial to the water voles, will be built on. If it is destroyed, I will stop blogging. I've studied these wonderful, protected animals for 20 years since coming to live in Whitchurch, and I've watched one colony after another disappear because of building work.

Monday, 15 June 2026

June 13th

 



Plenty of water voles about but they're very shy. They behave this way when there's a predator about, such as a stoat.



Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Sunday, 7 June 2026

June 6th - an Anxious Wait for the Planning Committee to Pronounce

 


We are waiting anxiously to see if this field will be built on, and the water vole colony destroyed.