Water Vole Workshop 2

One month old youngster.

The second water vole workshop on Saturday went very well indeed with lots of voles active. It's always a worry that they are going to choose the day of a workshop to be particularly inactive. From now until November (later if mild) the vole numbers are high and all the adult females will either be pregnant or lactating and the young from previous litters becoming active in the breeding female's territory.

One month old youngster.

The litter of three youngsters by the house, who made their debut on the first workshop, are growing and becoming more independent. We also saw similar aged youngsters right down at the far end of the site. It is good to see that the huge male that covers this area is still around and another large male made an appearance near the house and, although quite nervous, he even ran along the weir.

Litter of one month old youngsters.

An adult male, who I assume is the breeding male for the upstream territories, makes a brief but impressive appearance.

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