Water vole activity

Thursday, August 27th 2009

Elizabeth managed to take this photo yesterday of one of the juvenile voles as it swam away from the pen. These young voles were very timid as being captive bred, they have never been in a 'real' pond before!

Juvenile water vole

There are already several signs of vole activity in the areas where the new voles were released. A real tell tale sign of their presence is the number of stems of vegetation that have been cut off at a 45 degree angle. These are now evident in several places up on the wet meadow.

Trainees on the Forest School course

The trainees on the forest school course enjoyed the sunny weather today. They were busy learning how to build shelters and then made use of their newly crafted seats to sit around a small fire and bake bread!

Finally, congratulations to Andrew (the Foxglove apprentice)! who passed his GCSEs today!


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