Tales of the Riverbank

  Water vole teeth are orange because they are covered in special, strong enamel for digging and fighting. grey wagtail raven common lizard ...

Bank vole The water vole activity remains stubbornly nocturnal, though there've been no more otter sightings or ...

 Bee fly. I love them.  Definitely vole feeding. Water vole? Or field vole?  This burrow is the right size for water vole. ...

Thrilled to see this kingfisher on a pond behind Sainsbury's!  Awful photo taken on my phone, but nice to have the sighting a...

 The brook at Black Park Road    The year's first water vole burrows, in the field off Edgeley Road Field vole ...

Quoted in the March edition of BBC Wildlife magazine! Field vole - note the shortness of the tail Above, excellent field...

Kestrel, at Broxton  A very green Brimstone  Above, a wood mouse. Below, field (short-tailed) voles. ...

Family of field mice at Black Park Road. Below, the back end of a field vole showing the shortness of the tail. ...

Terrific habitat above - lots of cover and food for voles, silty stream-bed.     Not so good for voles: stony stream-bed. ...