Hello from the Derbys Dales

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

Originally Posted by shirl

Be warned, water vole surveying is highly addictive, jobs like that don't come up very often, still a volunteer surveyor is well worth doing in the meantime. Although the water voles aren't very active in the winter months, they do appear often, can't wait for Feb and the start of another breeding season.

I will second that. Even as a volunteer it is so rewarding, and the other things you see apart from the water voles are great. My thirst for wildlife has increased so much since I started volunteering with BBOWT.
Didn't the BBC film a short 10minute programme on the water voles on the cromford canal a few years ago. I might be wrong, usualy am, but I know it was in that part of Derbyshire.

BWD

[vole-woman]

They did, and it was brilliant. I'd love to visit that place!

[big bill]

Hello Shirl and welcome to WAb great bunch here always willing to help and offer advice in ID and other topics look forward to your pics

Cheers.....Bill

[shirl]

Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger

I will second that. Even as a volunteer it is so rewarding, and the other things you see apart from the water voles are great. My thirst for wildlife has increased so much since I started volunteering with BBOWT.
Didn't the BBC film a short 10minute programme on the water voles on the cromford canal a few years ago. I might be wrong, usualy am, but I know it was in that part of Derbyshire.

BWD

Yep it was Cromford Canal, my favourite water vole spotting place and only minutes from where I live. Wish I was there now instead of waiting for my Wildlife Sloutions person to arrive to give me a hand blocking any holes in the loft etc to keep the other wild ratties out! Not caught any though, so I wonder if they have been disturbed and just done a runner. Maybe they saw the live mammal trap and thought better of it. Oh well maybe water voles tomorrow

Shirl

[vole-woman]

I was talking to a pest control officer earlier in the year and he said how hard it was to trap live rats. He reckoned they were pretty bright animals.

[shirl]

Originally Posted by vole-woman

I was talking to a pest control officer earlier in the year and he said how hard it was to trap live rats. He reckoned they were pretty bright animals.

I am sure he is right, haven't caught any yet, but the wildlife solutions person this morning reckons there is no new evidence in the loft, so maybe we just hit lucky and blocked the right hole! Will keep the live trap for another week or so, and then spring clean the loft. Fingers crossed.

Shirl

[clover green]

Hi Shirl, pleased to meet & greet you. Welcome to WAB, I look forward to seeing you photos.