Tales of the Riverbank

In spite of the photos above, I've been concerned this last week that there has been a drop in water vo...

Stoat Water vole Adult rat - the relative sizes It was a surprise to pick up this stoat on the trail cam. This m...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8346632.stm . Possibly a slightly misleading headline, as more recorded sightings doesn't necessaril...

Old otter spriant Not sure what this is: it's definitely mustelid, but had no detectable smell so could feasibly be mink. . Here's ...

The vole-watching season's pretty much over, so this blog will be doing what the water voles do, which is to go into semi-hibernation ti...

Field vole droppings - water voles' are twice the size . Sometimes an area looks brilliant for water voles, but a survey throws up hard...

I had a report of a mink-like animal a week and a half ago in the fields by the Prees Branch nature reserve. I checked at once and found not...

Went for a walk down the Prees Branch Canal today, and it looks as though there's at least one mink in the area. I found what I'm p...