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Originally Posted by Kymba  I have just watched the news about all the Torrential Rain and Flooding all around the Country and am wondering what and how will this of effected our Wildlife...
How many young and different Species will be Lost.. Will some species of been completely wiped out ????
So Much natural habitat will of been Destroyed and washed away..  |
I visited the River Windrush on Sunday, the first time since the floods started a week last Friday, and two weeks after I filmed the water vole. (See Water Vole Video thread). What a difference a week makes, most of the river had burst its banks and where it hadn't the fields behind were underwater. An old boy I met on one of the bridges said the water had dropped by at least 8". I don't think any of the water voles could have survived that amount of water, not only would the fast flowing water be a problem but looking at what’s visible of the bank, there are no suitable areas for burrows. Any water voles that have survived with out burrows will be picked of quickly in the open by any number of hungry mouths and beaks. I hope I am wrong and some of these little creatures will have survived. The number of dragon and damsel flies also seemed on the very low side considering the warmth yesterday morning
I'll of course keep WAB updated over the next few weeks as I restart the water vole surveys.
BWD