Spring is here and after the long winter months of absence andhibernation Cheddar Gorge is full of signs of young animal life.
Along with all the new Soay lambs and feral goat kids we areagain seeing our two most spectacular residents, the water voles,famed as Ratty in Kenneth Grahame's book The Wind in the Willows,and the fastest animal in the world, the peregrine falcons.
Once again the voles can be seen going about their business ofeating and dragging weed back into their burrows in preparation forthe start of their breeding season.
There will be disputes, male fighting male for the female'sattention and female fighting female for the prime …
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