Tales of the Riverbank

 Banks are getting very vole-scaped  Vertical vole!  The state of the stream this month  Otter spraint! ...

Last year's weasel, from the same spot Before After Not only did I have the joy today of getting my first water v...

 Loads of fresh burrows appearing.  Foot print in the middle of the photo above.  Water vole droppings. But there...

I don't want anyone thinking I've lost interest in water vole monitoring or that this blog's running out of steam. The trut...

No photo, but a quick flash of a blunt snout followed by a kicking up of mud in the animal's wake confirms water vole, in the field off ...

In previous years I've often had my first sighting by now, but the temperature's been so bitter I haven't had the co...

As I've said before, water vole footprints are not easy to confirm because they're of a similar size and shape to r...