If you look out of the left side of Wildlife Watchpoint hide there is a small feeding platform with apples and carrots. Birds eat fruit - Blackbirds eat apples in our gardens and Moor Hens also eat them. But carrots? These are not for birds but for Water Voles which have been seen in this area.
This shows the view from the hide with the food, and the mounds of vegetation which were to encourage sightings of Water Rails - but these now prefer the other end of the hide under the hanging feeders! Hopefully we will have more good views of our Water Voles.
Thanks to Robin, Darlington market, for the apples and carrots