Water Vole

[joe]

Taken on 23rd at Lwwt. He was very obliging and swam across the water channel fairly slowly.

[Catherine]

Fantastic, Joe!

I remember when I used to watch those wonderful little creatures in a stream over our garden wall.

That was in the 50s, and not uncommon then.

I have never seen a Water Vole since.

That little stream was culverted to allow housebuilding on the site a few years later.

[rolf]

Nice shots Joe, it is a shame that sighting them is so rare, similarly, I used to see them all the time back in the 50s and sixties, but didn't really appreciate them.

[ladylouise62]

Fantastic - it's such a pity that they aren't around much now. THey are supposedly in a small park near me but I've not seen one yet.

I also remember them as a kid in the 60s, and distinctly remember the 'plop' as they entered the water as an expected and regular part of the noise of being by the river.

[joe]

Up until now all I had heard of them was the plop as I approached.