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Lots of Water Vole activity at the moment with sightings from many of the bridges as they come out to feast on the first tender green reed shoots that are just below the surface at the moment. Got this great shot from Alan Farthing the other day. One from last autumn but still a corker! 17-4...

In the last few days, and despite the weather, there has been an increase in the number of Water Vole sightings around the trails. If it is calm listen out for the sound of fresh green shoots being merrily munched and for a stem receding into the undergrowth! David Howarth took this great shot last...

And with all the sunshine over the last two afternoons, there have been quite a few Water Vole sightings, especially from the Purfleet Hide Bridge and Troll Bridge. Ratty (Fred Roll) Lunchtime (Jerry Hoare) 21-2-13

Well certainly not today but on Wednesday there was glorious sunshine in the afternoon and a wealth of insect life was to be seen including Common Darters and Migrant Hawkers , Peacock and Red Admiral butterflies and quite a few bees and wasps! Peacock (Andy Tweed) Several marsh Frogs and Water...

From what seemed like a poor start to the season we have seen a great upsurge in Water Vole sightings this autumn and they are still out and about collecting reed and munching merrily! Unlike some species such as the Dormouse, Water Voles do not actually hibernate but retreat to their burrow and bed...

No real rain or driving wind today gave a few small birds the chance to move with Linnets, Goldfinches and a Lesser Redpoll around the carpark and Reed Buntings and Meadow Pipits moving south in ones and twos. House Martins and Swallows flitted across the marsh and it would seem that duck numbers had...

Today was a good day for a Wednesday Walk with clear blue autumnal skies, a light breeze and the prospect of showing our new Site Manager, Andrew around the reserve with my usual weekly crew. With westerlies still in predominance it was unsurprising that little was on the move with just a handful of...

A Water Vole at Rainham Marshes on the 13th. Unusually he was sitting in the open! Read more on my blog. http://earlywormbirder.blogspot.co.uk/

A Water Vole met an untimely but probably a very swift end in the jaws of Ron Weasel yesterday and Colin Boyle managed to snap him as it undulated down the path carrying his breakfast. This was on the path by the Reedbed Discovery Zone and it is usually a very good area in which to find him on the hunt...

This Water Vole pauses between bites to check out who is looking at him... After a seemingly quiet year on the reserve it is encouraging that they are being seen at most of the usual spot at the moment including several youngsters. (Mark Hart) 12-8-12

Taken from the northern board walk near the Ken Barrett hide

Taken on 14th April 2011 at the bridge by the Woodland Education Zone.

Very exciting i have been asked by the bbc to use one of my photos of the watervole on there site to promote The Animal's Guide to Britain which kicks of tonight. link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/2011/04/freshwater-photo-favourites.shtml

This photo was taken June 8th and was our first ever sighting of a Water Vole.

This was taken at the far end of the reserve in the water on the left hand side of the path with the new hide that is being built on the right side

With the weather thinking about warming up a little, our resident Water Voles are now out and about and showing well from the trails. This one was taken by Les Harrison