Published in the Portsmouth News on 29th August 2013
THEY are an endangered animal immortalised as Ratty in Wind in the Willows
But they have been discovered in a rather surprising place – a stream next to a giant supermarket.
Water voles usually prefer quiet areas and are rarely seen. Some nature lovers spend years trying to photograph them.
But Bryn Green, of Chidham Close, Havant, had a tip-off he would find them in the stream running alongside Tesco, off Solent Road, Havant.
His patience paid off and he captured the creatures on camera.
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