Ratty goes wild below Arundel Castle’s defences
NATURE lovers can take a closer look at one of Britain’s favourite wild creatures at Arundel for the next three weeks.
Cconservation charity the RSPB is giving people the opportunity to watch wild water voles, made famous as the character Ratty in The Wind in the Willows.
The RSPB is running a Date with Nature event beside the stream running along Mill Road, beneath Arundel Castle.
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Hide AdA floating raft in the stream, on which the water voles can feed, should give visitors the perfect view.
The water voles on the Mill Road stream are descendants of those reintroduced by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at its Arundel Wetland Centre in 2005.