Wildlife and other things of interest on and around the river Ock in south Oxfordshire
Thursday, 15 April 2010
More water voles
I haven't seen any water voles since my intial sightings in mid march. With the heavy rain a few weeks ago I was concerned that the resultant high water may have resulted in borrows flooding and the water voles drowning. Especially as I had more sightings this time last year. However, a couple of walks along the river produced four new sightings Again, not great quality pictures:
These sightings show the colony is once again establishing itself, as seen on the 2010 water vole map. These new sightings are in green - with March's sightings in blue
Aw, great! Was that four separate voles?
ReplyDeleteIndeed there were four separate voles, all seen within about 10 minutes.
ReplyDeleteThe first two sightings were pretty much at the same time