Tales of the Riverbank

 

 

We are still in limbo while we wait to see if the field will be built on. This colony has held steady this year and I'm still getting pl...

  These little ones have no idea they could be about to lose their home.

I've looked at Shropshire Planning Portal and I think tomorrow they publish their decision about whether this field, so crucial to the w...

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

 

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

   I've only had one actual sighting here this year, but this latrine under the bridge shows there is a population of water voles on the...

  You have to look carefully for some feeding signs.

  I've logged voles with white forehead spots several times on this blog, across several different locations, e.g.  Spotty Voles  I don...