Tales of the Riverbank
The diary of a water vole colony
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
The Last Voles of Summer?
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Around this month, I begin to get fewer and fewer sightings so I stop going down to the brook till next Spring. Water voles don't hibe...
Saturday, 18 September 2021
Aqualate Mere and Whixall Moss
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Small frog and extremely distant marsh harrier. Fox and grey wagtail. Black darters, female and male. Sallow moth and raft spider. Shield bu...
Saturday, 11 September 2021
Water-repellent Fur
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Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Last of the Summer Evenings
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Goldfinches feeding on thistledown. Whitethroat in hawthorn.
Sunday, 5 September 2021
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Autumn hares. Common darter and swallows. Yellowhammer and nuthatch.
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Spoke Too Soon!
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A brief encore in September. There were two voles last night! Toad and another Elephant Hawk moth caterpillar. Nuthatch and an Angle Shade...
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Not Many Sightings
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Dispersal is taking place so I'm not getting any sightings, but when I leave a camera up, the voles are there.
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