Tales of the Riverbank

The colony at Formby, Lancashire, suffered a crash a few years ago due to squirrel pox, but the population's slowly making a recov...

So pleased to see this baby vole during an interview for Radio 4's Saving Species . The lovely Sarah Pitt had driven all the way to Sh...

I've been reading up about the difference in face shape between the males and females, and how the female's supposed to have a slimm...

Grey seal. Young roe deer. Redshank (I think). Great week on the Yorkshire coast. Amazing place for both wildlife and geology!

Baby water vole The two pics above: adult Had to wait an hour before these two turned up at the same time. Was frozen! I...

Juvenile vole, from the field off Edgeley Road. Guinea-pig sized female. Yockings Gate baby frog. Yockings gate baby toad. I haven't had...

Was watching this baby vole when a full-size buzzard landed on a fence just a few yards away. Message to rodents: site your feeding stations...