Tales of the Riverbank

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8346632.stm . Possibly a slightly misleading headline, as more recorded sightings doesn't necessaril...

Old otter spriant Not sure what this is: it's definitely mustelid, but had no detectable smell so could feasibly be mink. . Here's ...

Someone on the Wild About Britain forums told me this: that if you grab a wood mouse's tail, the skin sloughs off painfully, and then th...

It's always worth checking under a bridge! The fairly busy canal area at Grindley Brook is obviously home to at least one otter. I found...

Greater spotted woodpeckers aren't by any means rare, but I've never had one in my garden before. I've been much more scrupulous...

A commotion outside my kitchen window, and this creature emerges from the bushes. My son says it's a female sparrowhawk. (Photos are tak...

The vole-watching season's pretty much over, so this blog will be doing what the water voles do, which is to go into semi-hibernation ti...