Gallery
All you budding photographers are welcome to submit any photography from the Common. We’d love to see what you’ve seen while out and about so just contact us.
Water Vole Release Project
![John Duncan from WCS is putting carrot and apple pieces into a water vole release cage.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4611361076_210x286.jpg)
![Close up of a release cage being emptied during Westland Countryside Stewards water vole reintroduction project in Cornwall](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4611361040_430x286.jpg)
![water vole surveyor pointing out a water vole latrine](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4609511252_253x385.jpg)
![water voles in a release cage, Bude, Cornwall water vole release](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4602461047_416x311-e1432819547249.jpg)
![Westland Countryside Steward Water Vole Talk from Derek Gow at Bude Parkhouse Centre, Bude, Cornwall](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4609511106_380x285.jpg)
![A close up of a water vole latrine. Water vole poo is a brown to green in colour and the same shape and size as a TicTac mint.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4602347849_437x288.jpg)
![water vole feeding on riverside vegetation](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4602346851_437x291.jpg)
![Soft release water vole venturing into its new home - Photo courtesy of Nick Upton](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4611361046_333x221.jpg)
![water vole swimming away from the camera](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4602166053_437x291.jpg)
![From Left to Right - Rebecca Northey (Derek Gow Consultancy), Chloe Wonnacott (Derek Gow Consultancy), Dennis Vanstone (Westland Countryside Stewards) and Shaun Thomas (Westland Countryside Stewards). They are standing around a water vole release cage and Rebecca is holding a water vole.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4602460672.jpg)
![pre water vole release and Hannah Sneyd with camera](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4594279424_460x304.jpg)
![Westland Countryside Stewards and Derek Gow Consultancy pre water vole release](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4594279260_460x304.jpg)
![Derek Gow holding a water vole](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4594279430_460x304.jpg)
![A close up of a water vole on the river bank. It has its front paws raised to its mouth as it eats some vegetation.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4587486949_623x415.jpg)
Kilkhampton Common
![A freshly dug wildlife pond waiting for the rain to fill it up.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4571628496_334x224.jpg)
![Kilkhampton Common Wildlife Pond with Neil Cox in the background for scale.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4571628498_337x223.jpg)
![Volunteers tree planting on Kilkhampton Common with then-trustee Dennis Vanstone.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4583582201_580x393.jpg)
![Woodland tree planting on Kilkhampton Common. Saplings have been planted and staked to give them the best chance of thriving.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4583582486_372x560.jpg)
![Photograph of Balwen Sheep on Kilkhampton Common. The are a welsh breed with black fleece and white socks, tails and faces.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4575987927_577x358.jpg)
![A Zwartble Sheep. They have a brown/black fleece and a white stripe on the face.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4608704135_421x278.jpg)
![A herd of Gotland sheep. They a light to dark grey with a curly fleece.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4578707520_502x328.jpg)
![A Balwen ram on Kilkhampton Common. It has a brown/black fleece and a white stripe on the face.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4608703545_387x258.jpg)
![Kilkhampton Common river walk, showing the variety of trees such as oak and willow and two wooden bridges installed by Westland Countryside Stewards for visitors to walk along.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4571620140_283x423.jpg)
![Neil Cox and Dennis Vanstone measuring out timber for the construction of the Kilkhampton Common river walk bridges.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4576286761_308x228.jpg)
![A Notice Board on Kilkhampton Common](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4606773923_290x390.jpg)
![Looking down the track towards Kilkhampton Common, showing newly created drainage ditches and the stone chipping on the pathway.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4606580027_352x233.jpg)
![A dog drinking trough at the bottom of the track on Kilkhampton Common. This was installed to be used by dog walkers visiting the site.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4571631349_239x159.jpg)
![A natural spring on Kilkhampton Common newly repaired by Westland Countryside Stewards.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4606580029_196x295.jpg)
![Access track to Kilkhampton Common leading downhill.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4571631311_168x181.jpg)
Trees
![A windswept tree on Kilkhampton Common.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4572899180_813x523.jpg)
![A close up of three mushrooms growing on Kilkhampton Common](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4581805058_407x271.jpg)
![A close up of Hawthorne leaves.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573340801_577x385.jpg)
![A close up of oak leaves.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573342879_568x376.jpg)
![A close up of hazel leaves.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573342881_492x332.jpg)
![A fungus growing on bark.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4581805038_468x707.jpg)
![A birch trunk.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573342887_573x380.jpg)
Wildlife
![A Buzzard in a tree.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573343541_512x342.jpg)
![An adder in the undergrowth.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4610313527_396x529.jpg)
![A small tortoiseshell butterfly](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573340788_615x397.jpg)
![A dragonfly](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573340794_614x547.jpg)
![Close up of a bee gathering pollen from a pink flower.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4572900642_408x602.jpg)
![A small pearl bordered fritillary butterfly](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4594275523_488x350.jpg)
Flowers
![Wood Speedwell](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4614452531_294x440.jpg)
![Hart's Tongue Ferns](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4614452512_463x309.jpg)
![Blackberry in flower.](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573340797_470x316.jpg)
![Foxgloves in flower](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573340785_470x316.jpg)
![Common Dog Violet](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4614452510_310x308.jpg)
![Bugle](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4614452509_470x316.jpg)
![Elderflower in flower](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4573340789_470x316.jpg)
![Blackthorn in blossom](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4572899193_470x316.jpg)
![A wild flower meadow](http://www.westlandcs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4579133060_470x316.jpg)
All you budding photographers are welcome to submit any photography from the Common. We’d love to see what you’ve seen while out and about so just contact us.