A couple of days ago on my way to a meeting, I decided to have a quick walk along Middlebeck (the beck behind the Southlands centre, which runs parallel with Ormesby road in Middlesbrough).
I took the camcorder with me, as this is usually an excellent place to spot Water Voles, and although I've managed to photograph them many times over the last few years, I'd not recently had time to do much filming of these fascinating animals, which are thriving along most of Middlesbroughs becks.
There were several Voles feeding and moving about along the beck while I was there, and I've put together a little compilation of the videos I shot.
There was also a Kingfisher flying up and down the beck, but unfortunately on this occasion I didn't have enough time to try and film it, but hopefully I'll be returning to try again when I've got a bit more time.