tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post7234441298381256976..comments2024-01-30T10:46:39.914+00:00Comments on Dartmoor Ramblings: WHO LIVES IN A HOLE LIKE THIS?Em Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-84370359559877761152013-05-13T21:31:13.098+01:002013-05-13T21:31:13.098+01:00Thank you - lovely to hear from you. Am off to see...Thank you - lovely to hear from you. Am off to see your blogs now!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-2186507244288744362013-05-13T20:29:35.660+01:002013-05-13T20:29:35.660+01:00What great pictures. Love the vole series of phot...What great pictures. Love the vole series of photos. <br />happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-11838792092742616692013-05-13T13:51:43.142+01:002013-05-13T13:51:43.142+01:00Thanks Goosey - I like yours too!Thanks Goosey - I like yours too!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-7669038131770554202013-05-13T12:30:53.362+01:002013-05-13T12:30:53.362+01:00Lovely blog, lovely pictures, I have just found yo...Lovely blog, lovely pictures, I have just found you!Gooseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551343997218901422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-77738440988245252372013-05-12T19:13:43.721+01:002013-05-12T19:13:43.721+01:00Rusty D - Yes - that sounds like it but you'd ...Rusty D - Yes - that sounds like it but you'd need to have followed the road till it finished to have come to us. You probably saw the house from the hill....there aren't many around!<br /><br />Elizabeth - I never expected to be able to photograph one alive!<br /><br />CT - I fear you may be right. It was four degrees two mornings ago and only seven today. <br /><br />Gail - What a shame about the magpies not being around near you, although many people in this country absolutely hate them, my mum included! I don't have a problem with them myself. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-88771140817686540262013-05-12T18:44:07.302+01:002013-05-12T18:44:07.302+01:00Wonderful photos! The vole looks similar to what w...Wonderful photos! The vole looks similar to what we have here. The Great Tit is wonderful as is the Magpie. We don't have Magpie's in our part of the country, they are out west. I used to love seeing them when we lived in California.<br /><br />Weather has been rotten here up until today which is sunny if not a bit cold with the wind blowing. We could go without rain for 3 months and still have a surplus according to the weatherman!Gail H. Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491594160247541113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-69121813215513933522013-05-12T15:34:26.670+01:002013-05-12T15:34:26.670+01:00Love the pics of the vole Em! It is indeed bloomin...Love the pics of the vole Em! It is indeed bloomin cold again. Was that it for summer d'you think??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-30182571928066098172013-05-12T11:33:19.010+01:002013-05-12T11:33:19.010+01:00The first time I've seen a vole in Blogworld, ...The first time I've seen a vole in Blogworld, I think!<br />Such super closeup photos!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-78902680679269316942013-05-12T10:36:19.504+01:002013-05-12T10:36:19.504+01:00Kestor Rocks rings a bell. We walked through the G...Kestor Rocks rings a bell. We walked through the Gidleigh gardens, and then through some woods and out on to the moor. I must dig out the route map they gave us. Although I remember getting lost a bit, so it could have been anywhere! Wherever we ended up, it was a beautiful walk. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-16619761545207186362013-05-11T19:29:10.388+01:002013-05-11T19:29:10.388+01:00Sorry Jess - we must have crossed in cyber space t...Sorry Jess - we must have crossed in cyber space there! Yes - you will have passed the bottom of the drive just over a little bridge as you leave the road....unless you walked up to Kestor rocks and down to the corner. If you did that you would have missed us but passed close to Trigger's old field. Goodness I miss him being up here. It's only just down the road but it's taking up well over an hour of my time every day guarding his food from the madams!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-18717365094062457502013-05-11T19:25:52.558+01:002013-05-11T19:25:52.558+01:00Caroline - thank you - I'll go and have a look...Caroline - thank you - I'll go and have a look...<br /><br />Ann - No sign of it today; I think I just got very lucky yesterday. Hope you're enjoying your break!<br /><br />MM - Snippet knows there's something going on up on the wall but it's too high for him to see properly. He's killed a vole before so I'm being vigilant.<br /><br />RR - it was lovely while it lasted wasn't it? I wonder when we'll see it again. The wind here today is ferocious again. Sigh...<br /><br />Kim - I feel very privileged to have seen it as they're very elusive here too!<br /><br />Wendy - I can barely remember it....my hands were so cold this morning in the wind that I took my thick winter gloves tonight.....much better!<br /><br />Shy SB - Funnily enough, the rain hasn't been too heavy here today - just very windy. It's a miracle!<br /><br />Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-83909706054661934702013-05-11T19:23:19.403+01:002013-05-11T19:23:19.403+01:00Isn't it funny how the woodpeckers try and hid...Isn't it funny how the woodpeckers try and hide on the far side of the pole or tree trunk? Love the vole pics too!<br /><br />Could it be that I have actually walked past your house? We stayed at Gidleigh (one night, out of season, on an offer, long before buying the money pit..) and went on that trek.. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-50079578940670932092013-05-11T17:46:25.234+01:002013-05-11T17:46:25.234+01:00What a little sweetie the vole is! Love the Great ...What a little sweetie the vole is! Love the Great Tit photo and the GSW too. Heavy rain showers most of the day here!ShySongbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148381873578585910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-68414768281332838522013-05-11T15:26:42.141+01:002013-05-11T15:26:42.141+01:00Beautiful photos. I love the little bank vole; it...Beautiful photos. I love the little bank vole; it's very cute. And it's cold and grey here, too; it really is hard to believe we had all that glorious weather just a few days ago.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-36451204741105074312013-05-11T15:15:41.356+01:002013-05-11T15:15:41.356+01:00What fun photos of the the birds, and especially t...What fun photos of the the birds, and especially the bank vole--Of course I've never seen one, but of course we have voles, but they can be pretty elusive. <br /><br />Rainy and chilly here too--I'm wondering if it will ever be warm? ~Kim at Golden Pines~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02001523468339091407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-59516342787039248952013-05-11T12:15:18.287+01:002013-05-11T12:15:18.287+01:00Great news on the bank vole - super photos conside...Great news on the bank vole - super photos considering how fast they can move. Love the Great Spotted Woody shots too :) Hope weather improves for you soon. Gone cooler and rainier here in last few days :(Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-34223558603874939142013-05-11T03:23:13.604+01:002013-05-11T03:23:13.604+01:00The bank vole's burrow looks very like the one...The bank vole's burrow looks very like the ones that are riddling our lawn and lower gardens--I suspect we may have both voles and moles in residence. My outdoor cats are very intrigued with the movements of these subterranean creatures.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-79880647163999866352013-05-10T22:32:29.264+01:002013-05-10T22:32:29.264+01:00What an adorable little vole, you got some great p...What an adorable little vole, you got some great photos considering they move so quickly. Hope you rescue those bins!ann @ studiohydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615115294267727281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-61900125439792403532013-05-10T22:28:50.040+01:002013-05-10T22:28:50.040+01:00What a delightful vole, Em! I thought you would li...What a delightful vole, Em! I thought you would like this <a href="http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/more-on-vole-called-mr-mouse.html" rel="nofollow">vole post</a> from Juliet aka Crafty Green Poet.Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-32321838152899526862013-05-10T22:08:48.309+01:002013-05-10T22:08:48.309+01:00The3M's - I'll be keeping an eye out from ...The3M's - I'll be keeping an eye out from now on; perhaps even leaving a few vole seeds out?<br /><br />Parsnip - You're absolutely right. Not in the house thank you. It was pure fluke that I was looking out at the right time.Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-85784342034020015542013-05-10T21:25:10.465+01:002013-05-10T21:25:10.465+01:00ack ! lovelovelovelovelove the vole. And you are e...ack ! lovelovelovelovelove the vole. And you are enchanted as I am because he is outside in his perfect little home and not eating the wires in your home like the mice !<br />You are so lucky to have seen him. I am quite envious.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-66857678669148998452013-05-10T20:42:41.266+01:002013-05-10T20:42:41.266+01:00Wonderful pictures! That bank vole looks like it ...Wonderful pictures! That bank vole looks like it was worth getting out of bed for :) Have a nice weekend!The Three Muleteershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247097408523136083noreply@blogger.com