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Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these promising conservation programs save them? A water vole (Arvicola ...
In The Wind In The Willows, the affable Ratty - who, despite his name, was a water vole - lived an idyllic life in his riverside home. All he really had to worry about was Mr Toad's preposterous ...
"The more dams created by beavers, the higher the water table." This gives voles greater access to wider feeding areas, and the voles and their burrows "help the growth of a variety of wetland ...
Water voles are protected under Wildlife and Countryside ... The flood water blocked the road and prevented access to his business for five days - and he is still not able to fully open weeks ...
Wildlife conservationists have issued a plea for Lancashire Telegraph readers to help preserve a riverside favourite that is an endangered species. Water voles inspired the character Ratty in ...
“It is amazing to see how, with the right training and handling, these dogs can locate water vole droppings or burrows in areas which are challenging for people to access, or where vegetation is ...
A wildlife conservation charity is calling for volunteers to help save water voles. People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) wants people from Basingstoke to survey for the endangered ...
Water voles, once abundant in Scotland but now one of the country’s most threatened native animals, could thrive in the “complex boundary between water and land” that beavers have created in ...
On her quest for a new home, the water vole encounters a body of water. In the cold waters beneath her, monsters lurk. - [Narrator] The vole's search for a new home has taken her three miles into ...
Dozens of water voles have been released into the wild in Cornwall to help improve a wetland. The Duchy of Cornwall said it released 80 water voles in the River Fowey at Restormel. The rodents ...