Tales of the Riverbank

Water voles in some ways aren't especially adapted to an aquatic life, in that they drown pretty easily in floods and they don't hav...

Nice rear shot above of the rounded rump of a water vole, and its dark brown tail. Rats' tails are pinky-grey in colour. This is also th...

Lots of little animals readily swim, and here's a field vole crossing from one bank to another. It's exactly the same size and shape...

There's been less activity in the ditch by Grocontinental since the diesel discharge, but I was pleased to see lots of feeding stations ...

I'm guessing this animal is 3-4 weeks old.

...and an adult.

Female vole, I think, attending her latrine (off Edgeley Road). The vole at Greenfields. Water vole feeding signs. Amazing encounter with a ...