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Water vole feeding site
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Water vole feeding site with chewed grass stems - a field sign of water voles (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live.
17 September 2014
Water vole feeding site
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Water vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) feeding site with chewed grass stems - a field sign of water voles taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live.
17 September 2014
Water vole droppings in a small latrine
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water vole droppings in a small latrine - a field sign of water voles (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live.
17 September 2014
Water vole burrow blocked with plug of grasses
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water vole burrow blocked with plug of grasses - a field sign of water voles (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) taken on a survey workshop in a park in Easterhouse, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live. These rodents plug some of their burrow entrances with a mixture of mud and vegetation to help maintain heat in their burrows through winter.
17 September 2014
Water vole tumulus
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
A water vole tumulus - like a mole hill, but made by a fossorial water vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) - a field sign of water voles taken on a survey workshop in Cranhill Park in Easterhouse, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live. These rodents plug some of their burrow entrances with a mixture of mud and vegetation to help maintain heat in their burrows through winter.
17 September 2014
Grasses used to block water vole burrow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Grasses used to block water vole burrow - a field sign of water voles (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) taken on a survey workshop in a park in Easterhouse, Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live.
17 September 2014
Water vole burrow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) burrow - a field sign of water voles, taken on a survey workshop in a park in the east end of Glasgow, where fossorial water voles live. These rodents plug some of their burrow entrances with a mixture of mud and vegetation to help maintain heat in their burrows through winter.
17 September 2014
Water Vole, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris), Glasgow. Water voles in eastern Glasgow are terrestrial, or fossorial as they are called, instead of living near water. They have a mixture of black and brown coats.
28 March 2018
Water Vole, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris), Glasgow. Water voles in eastern Glasgow are terrestrial, or fossorial as they are called, instead of living near water. They have a mixture of black and brown coats.
28 March 2018
Water Vole reintroduction site
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) reintroduction site and habitat near Lime Hill, Loch Ard Forest, Stirlingshire. These ponds were created by the Forestry Commission Scotland to provide suitable water vole habitat. Between 1989 and 1998, the population fell by almost 90%. Hopefully with continued conservation efforts they will escape extinction.
