Tales of the Riverbank

  Above, otter prints from April 2025, and below a video capture of otters on the same spot, the field off Edgeley Road, from a couple of ye...

 Otter spraint at Wrenbury. First Edgeley Road water vole of the year.

Starry feet. Otter's back!

A surprise last night: this flash of full-grown adult otter disappearing upstream. I've seen otters before here, in Se...

Two hedgehogs coming to the garden now. Very fresh otter spraint in Whitchurch Country Park, plus a lot of dismembered ...

What a fantastic surprise to see these two otters on the trail cam. I've never seen an otter in the wild; this is the close...

  Edgeley Road vole  Droppings in the ditch near Railwayman's Cottage (by Homebase)  Droppings at Edward...

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

 Otter spraint above, and below some otter prints from Whitchurch Country Park (Greenfields) Water voles prints (I hope...

 White Lion Meadow strimming - good practice as only alternative banks have been cut and only in short stretches  White Lion Meadow...