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Originally Posted by posie  Still can't see any spawn, didn't even see any frogs today, plenty of Water Boatmen, and some small very dark, even black, spiders, and some tiny things that looked like small black ladybirds (but obviously not ladybirds).I must say that the mosses, and lichens are beautiful,all across the wooden bridge, and on the sloping bank of the pond. There must be dozens of species of 'animal wildlife' on the banks, without what are in the water. I know there are some common mammals living in holes, meeces of some sort I suppose. There are water Voles only a paddock away, in the stream., but don't suppose they'll be interested in still water in the pond.....Posie  |
I have a query about water voles, do they hibernate and do they live in ponds with still water or only streams with running water? The reason i ask is that i found some chomped off vegetation which had been munched off in such a way that it looked like it had been cut with scissors, and also i was prodding about in some vegetation because i thought i seen a rat and a rat-like mammal shot out of the vegetation went plop into the pond, swam across to the other side, got out and scarpered before i could see what it was. Was it a rat? do they swim well, Any ideas??