Starry Prints

 

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The voles are just beginning to re-establish their latrines. That seems to me to be a good sign as it suggests they feel safer and the predator has moved on.

So What About the Voles?

The Staggsbrook at Edgeley Road has only recently subsided to its usual course. Up till now, it's been flooded. However, below are the water vole field signs that are beginning to appear.

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feeding station

Below, two photos of droppings.

Below, a single dropping at the Wood Yard behind Tesco, plus a print.

Orange Tip butterfly

Meadow Pipit above, and below, a male Stonechat.

Male reed bunting above and fledgeling thrush below.

Male linnet

A combination of building work at White Lion Meadow (Tesco car park), and horrendous rainfall, seems to have impacted on water vole appearances. But there are now the beginnings of signs on three sites, and I will continue to monitor those places and report any sightings.

A Field Signs Refresher

Water voles still proving very shy, though there are plenty.

Below, a burrow at Edgeley Road

Below, droppings at Edward German Drive.

Feeding - grazing and feeding stations at Edgeley Road and Edward German Drive.

Water vole prints at Edgeley Road.

Pebble Hook Tip moth and common lizard.

Above, redstarts and below, a wheatear.

 Field vole burrows are very small, about the size of a 50p piece.

 Stonechat and curlew on the Moss.

Below, signs and a sighting at Edgeley Road.

Tesco vole.

Two Voles Tonight!

Burrows at Edgeley Road. Below, droppings, footprints and feeding from the same site.

  

Timber yard voles. This is the one with the short tail again.