Izzy Fry is a 15 year old young naturalist based in Wiltshire. Follow Izzy on Instagram for further updates @izzyfryphotography www.youngnaturalistizzyfry.com Water voles are disappearing. They started to lose their homes in the 1940s and 50s with the intensification of agriculture, but the most … [Read more...] about Water vole surveying by young naturalist Izzy Fry
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What do Mink do to Water Voles? (hint: it’s not pretty) by Tom Moorhouse – Invasive Species Week
Tom Moorhouse is a fiction writer. When not writing he works as an ecologist at Oxford University's Zoology Department. Over the years he has met quite a lot of wildlife. Most of it tried to bite him. He loves hiking up mountains, walking through woods, climbing on rocks and generally being … [Read more...] about What do Mink do to Water Voles? (hint: it’s not pretty) by Tom Moorhouse – Invasive Species Week
Water voles: steps towards recovery action plan in Wales
By Fiona Mathews, Mammal Society Chair and Professor of Environmental Biology, University of Sussex Sections of this blog appeared in British Wildlife magazine in 2020 The water vole Arvicola amphibius has the unenviable honour of being a leading contender for the title of Britain’s most … [Read more...] about Water voles: steps towards recovery action plan in Wales
Water Vole Recovery Project Wales
Water Vole Recovery Project Wales The Mammal Society have been asked by Natural Resources Wales to carry out research which will enable us to draft a species conservation plan for the country’s water voles. At the turn of the 20th century, when Kenneth Grahame was busy writing The Wind in … [Read more...] about Water Vole Recovery Project Wales
When Weasels Eat Water Voles
June 2020 Student of the Month - Victoria Curley To get in touch: victoria.curley.15@abdn.ac.uk or @VictoriaCurley2 Background Water voles (Arvicola amphibius) are the largest species of vole in the UK and are our fastest declining mammal. They occupy a variety of habitats from upland moorland … [Read more...] about When Weasels Eat Water Voles
Mammal Week 2019 – Water voles
Saving Ratty by Merryl Gelling Upbeat and endlessly cheerful, one would have thought life for Ratty from Wind in the Willows was an endless whirl of wicker luncheon baskets and carol singers, with little to fear apart from those dastardly stoats and weasels taking over Toad Hall. Not so for … [Read more...] about Mammal Week 2019 – Water voles
Walk This Water Way Wednesday – Water voles!
The Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) The water vole is a rat-sized semi-aquatic mammal with dark chestnut-brown fur, short rounded ears and a hair-covered tail, half the length of the head and body. The water vole is native and found throughout Britain. Water voles have undergone a … [Read more...] about Walk This Water Way Wednesday – Water voles!
Water Vole Ecology, Mitigation and Live-Capture Techniques for Practitioners
This 1 & 1/2 day course, led by Merryl Gelling, is aimed at professionals and assumes some prior experience of water vole ecology. It will also cover field-signs of water voles and other easily-confused species and will reference scientific research on the impacts of different habitat … [Read more...] about Water Vole Ecology, Mitigation and Live-Capture Techniques for Practitioners
