Grooming

Much Fuzziness

I watched this water vole in the top four pictures dry itself and groom extensively. Its fur is really thick and water-repellent, but has to be kept in good order by lots of grooming,

Fritillaries

Dark Green Fritillaries, Small Coppers and a Small Heath all at Earl's Hill.

 White Tail

 A variety of water voles at Edgeley Road: babies, juveniles and adults.

Numbers Steady

 Above, a selection of Edgeley Road voles.

Below, droppings and a latrine.

A White Lion Meadow vole last night, one of three.

Black Park Road

I've left it too late to do a proper survey on the Black Park Road part of the brook; the vegetation's almost impenetrable now. But where I could get down, I could see feeding and feeding stations. So there are obviously still water voles there. I'd love to be able to look at the banks upstream by Yockings Gate but that stretch is private.