Tales of the Riverbank

Family of field mice at Black Park Road. Below, the back end of a field vole showing the shortness of the tail. ...

 Lapwings in the field Water vole paw prints in the mud at Broughall

It's always an anxious time, waiting for the water voles to reappear. Not many signs at present, except a few burrows...

Water voles don't truly hibernate, but this blog sort of does. While the voles are underground and feeding on roots and snoozing, I don...

 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...