Earlier this year , around may , i’d tried to photograph Water Voles with no luck . Last month i tried again with better results , it taken quite a few outings to get to understand some of their behaviour , Starting with watching them munching through apples on floating rafts , then looking for areas that had some light at a particular time of day and then getting the voles to appear at that spot .
I wanted to try to see them in a more natural environment and with a bit of patience found an area where i could get closer to water level and their level.
One day i had put half an apple in the shallow water opposite where i was positioned , it sank under the duck weed out of sight ,i thought that it was wasted, but the vole still found it , its sense of smell must be amazing ! you can also see them become aware of you if the wind changes and blows off you onto them ,they normally retreat into the reeds.
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Lovely photos! Well done!
Thanks, I read your post on water shrews, I saw one early evening , about 7-30 last week while photographing the voles, photos not much good , but enough to id it.
Lucky you! I think I need to try in the evening.
You are so patient and caring…..it is obvious you love nature…..Jayne