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Watch our four minute video guide to learn the basics about water voles. A seasonal guide to what it's like being a water vole in Britain. Information and advice for homeowners, landowners and land managers. How to tell if water voles are present, even if you have not seen one. An online survey where you can register to be a water vole surveyor.
Sometimes known as the water rat or water dog, water voles are the largest of species of vole in Britain - our expert guide on water voles explains how to identify, where to see and top facts on this declining species
5 sie 2024 · Slow-flowing, deep water, like canals, lakes and streams, suit voles, who do not have the webbed feet of most water-dwelling animals. They burrow into steep canals or riverside banks to form a complicated system of underground tunnels and nesting chambers.
The water vole is a much-loved British mammal, known by many as ‘Ratty’ in the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows. Unfortunately, the future of this charming riverside creature is in peril; the water vole needs urgent help to survive in the UK. Water voles are a vital part of river ecosystems.
Discover how to identify burrows, food, footprints and latrines, and how to tell the difference between water voles and brown rats, even when they're swimming.
Water vole signs (latrines, feeding signs, burrows, and sightings) were detected on 53 sites. The county with the most sites surveyed was Essex, with water vole activity detected on 11 of 18 sites. West Sussex, Norfolk and Hampshire each had more than 10 sites surveyed.
Map displaying the distribution of water voles, broad locations of water vole reintroduction projects, and areas of mink presence and/or mink eradication programmes.
