Our random act of wildness for day 6 of #30DaysWild is to follow in the footsteps of our recent guests in Otter Cottage, and sit stil enough to see the water shrew living at the wildlife pond. Here’s a clip we put together.
This little creature is very at home in the water, ducking under without hesitation and swimming merrily. It’s too small for a water vole, has the long nose of a shrew, and is larger than most other shrews – so we figure it must be a water shrew, Neomys fodiens. And if Margaret hadn’t mentioned it, we wouldn’t have known it was there – you do have to stay still and quiet to catch a glimpse. Thanks Margaret!
#30DaysWild Previously
This time last year: A different sort of wild swimming in the pond!
This time in 2017: First flights in windy Devon weather!