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April 17, 2013

Water vole and more

Some days ago, I was up to Redmires reservoirs I had no plan really, most went there to check if the spring/summer birds has arrived.
And it had happened a lot since last time I was there, there were swallows, little ringed plover, wheatear, skylark, sand martin, snipe and more, but no ring ouzel that I really wanted to see.
However, I went to the place where it is possible to see water voles and there had the thick blanket of snow finally disappeared so much that they dared to come out and eat along the banks. I was lucky enough to get close to a female I think, because it was very large and because of the size a think she has babies inside her.
I followed it for a while before my legs began to go numb, to squat a long time is not good. :))