Water voles are this week settling into a new home along the Rea Brook in Shropshire. Once a common sight along the country’s waterways, water voles have been in decline in the UK since the 1960s. But, this week, the Environment Agency has released more than 100 of them along the Rea Brook. The project […]
National Water Vole Database and Mapping Project PART 1: PROJECT REPORT 2006-2015 Catherine McGuire and Deborah Whitfield December 2017 Executive Summary The National Water Vole Database and Mapping Project was established in January 2008 with the aim of collating and mapping available water vole data to: Assess population and distribution trends; Create a geographic information […]
Guardian ‘Ratty returns: hundreds of water voles released in UK’s biggest reintroduction Almost 700 of the endangered rodents, immortalised in Wind in the Willows, will be released in Northumberland – and it’s all thanks really to the otter. The biggest reintroduction of water voles in the UK began this week, with 325 voles released into […]