Thursday 16 June 2011

More from the water voles at Radley Brook

Most lunch breaks spent watching water voles  usually involve half an hour watching an ignored apple core slowly going brown:.
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Sometimes, a water vole may appear then disappear into the reed beds, offering only the slightest of glimpses as it carries of it's prize:
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Yet on days like today, they sit and eat the apple core in front of you:
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Before, once again, returning to the reeds with the apple core:
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5 comments:

  1. You must eat a lot of apples!

    Did you see them filming water voles on Springwatch? They put a stake (possibly a wooden skewer) through an apple core so they couldn't take it away.

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  2. You must really look forward to lunch! It seems that last vole is ready for his close up.

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  3. Hi Rachel,
    Indeed I saw them filming water voles on springwatch - it's always good to see them on the TV. I thought it was interesting that it took 3 days to film them.

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  4. Hi Anne,
    I do enjoy my lunch breaks (probably more than my working day) - seeing warblers, water voles and hearing the occasional cuckoo.
    I'm always suprised by the number of people who have lunch at their desks when all this is right next to them.

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  5. I've thought about a stake for my apple bits. Keep meaning to rig one up.

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