Very sad. When i was a boy we had water voles. They were persecuted because humans thought they were rats and set about destroying them because thats what humans do best. Thanks for the upload. Took me back to my boyhood and happier times 🤗
It didn't help that their common name was 'water rat'. When I was in my early twenties I took my Grandpa into an industrial area in Wakefield where we lived and happened to park near a bit of disused canal, he said "I haven't been here since I was a boy, we used to come here and watch the water rats." So we had a look and there was a water rat sitting on a bit of floating wood cleaning it's whiskers! Probably a great, great ..... grandchild of the one's that he watched as a boy. It was a 'moment'. Best regards, Jon
@@wotjonsez2560 Yup, very misinformed back then. I remember walking through the woods, Jays, Jackdaws and crows were hanging by their feet shot and hung there by misinformed scaremongers
Good job catching that for us!
Very sad. When i was a boy we had water voles. They were persecuted because humans thought they were rats and set about destroying them because thats what humans do best.
Thanks for the upload. Took me back to my boyhood and happier times 🤗
It didn't help that their common name was 'water rat'. When I was in my early twenties I took my Grandpa into an industrial area in Wakefield where we lived and happened to park near a bit of disused canal, he said "I haven't been here since I was a boy, we used to come here and watch the water rats." So we had a look and there was a water rat sitting on a bit of floating wood cleaning it's whiskers! Probably a great, great ..... grandchild of the one's that he watched as a boy. It was a 'moment'. Best regards, Jon
@@wotjonsez2560 Yup, very misinformed back then. I remember walking through the woods, Jays, Jackdaws and crows were hanging by their feet shot and hung there by misinformed scaremongers
The release of mink into the wild caused the rapid population decrease of water voles.
U could get a job on top gear with those camera skills great video
Thank you, it was more good luck, right place at the right time than skill though. Regards, Jon
I'd rather have field mice than house mice!
Me too, unfortunately we have them both! Jon