Tales of the Riverbank

These voles fight, but then seem to tolerate each other on a second meeting. Maybe siblings?

The voles are under threat from a stoat - I've seen it on trail cam - and the water is so low it's almost impossible for them to esc...

  I guessed it was a predator making the water voles nervous this year: I was sitting quietly last week when a stoat padded past. However, l...

 Stoat stalking the water vole. Below, lizards at Prees Heath This water vole was almost a stoat's dinner...

White Lion Meadow (Tesco) vole  Weasel or stoat watching me at Edgeley Road. Below, Edgeley Road water voles. Of...

A couple of days ago I was waiting for voles and a stoat appeared, slinking through the grass. It's been a week and a half...

I waited around a lot and did see this juvenile over two days, plus an older vole further up the stream. They seem shy...

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