Tales of the Riverbank

 Very small smooth newt from our garden  Probably water vole prints (though could be rat)  Water vole droppings, and below, a...

What a fantastic surprise to see these two otters on the trail cam. I've never seen an otter in the wild; this is the close...

  Edgeley Road vole  Droppings in the ditch near Railwayman's Cottage (by Homebase)  Droppings at Edward...

Who knew barn owls hunted by sitting in streams? Nearly catches something Gives up What the owl was after - but missed!...

Droppings at Broughall  Edgeley Road vole  Three sets of droppings from Edgeley Road  Feeding and droppings at...

The voles have definitely been shyer this last fortnight. I suspect a predator myself - that stoat, maybe - but nevertheless there...

Everything seems to have settled down now, and there are plenty of latrines again. I still feel numbers are slightly bel...