Tales of the Riverbank

Above, an active burrow at Steel Heath. This is often what you have to fight through! . Below, water vole droppings at the Country Park. (Cl...

Nice clear shot of a water vole's tail. . Anecdotal observation: when I go round the area to check on the various colonies, I find they ...

Sometimes a vole comes so close I could reach down and stroke it.

White Ermine caterpillar Water vole latrine Two large feeding stations . Revisited the cottage by the railway bridge, where last year I ha...

Spotted this very tiny chap at White Lion Meadow - the bottle in front is a Tango bottle, so that gives an idea of scale. Much much smaller ...

Enormous water vole Feeding station Heavy grazing by water voles Peacock butterfly . There seems to be a fair amount of water vole activ...