Tales of the Riverbank

Effective camouflage! Why do blackbirds adopt such a strange pose when they're sunbathing? Here are two at White Lion Meadow, plus some...

Rabbit City Meadow Brown common spotted orchid water vole latrines . The evening being so beautiful, I had a walk round Whitchurch Countr...

From White Lion Meadow just now: water vole latrine next to field vole droppings. I've seen several field voles there this summer, and a...

Here's a post in appreciation of my friend Shirl, who works as a volunteer at Cromford, monitoring the water vole colonies there. As yo...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l7xl7/Blue_Peter_16_06_2009/ Two minutes forty-five seconds in. The item concentrates on captive bre...