Saturday, 16 April 2011

You must have a lot of patience

The title of this post is inspired by a comment made by Rachel to a previous post of mine on water voles.
Whilst it does not require too much patience to see a water vole at the moment on the river Ock, it does require some more to get try and get some photographs. 
For the past week I have been getting up at 6.30am and sitting by the river in the cold and being bitten by a multitude of small flying  insects, with the best results shown below:
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4 comments:

  1. Kate17 April 2011 at 12:25

    Oh, so worth it, though!

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  2. Anne McCormack18 April 2011 at 18:02

    Your last photo is wonderful! We get to enjoy these without the biting insects, and they look so peaceful.

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  3. Richard19 April 2011 at 12:04

    Hi Kate, it was worth it. Although my past couple of sessions has revealed little water vole activity.

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  4. Richard19 April 2011 at 12:05

    Hi Anne.
    They do look peaceful, but life for a water vole is one continuous fight for survival. I believe over 25 animals predate them and although they can live for three years in captivity, they are lucky to make it 12 months in the wild.

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