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Water Vole in riverbank habitat, Witney, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) in its riverbank habitat along the River Windrush in Witney Lake and Country Park, Oxfordshire, showing nesting burrows - many entrances to one burrow, so that they can escape if necessary, especially from predatory Mink which are small enough to fit into a Water Vole burrow, and which have decimated their population.
29 July 2010
Brisc conference excursion 2014
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Brisc (Biological Recording in Scotland) conference 2014 excursion to the Water Vole reintroduction site and habitat in Loch Ard Forest, Stirlingshire.
04 October 2014
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.
04 October 2014
Water Vole reintroduction site
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) reintroduction site and habitat in Loch Ard Forest, Stirlingshire. This picture shows a pond created for water voles, which are now thriving in the forest. Between 1989 and 1998, the population fell by almost 90%. Hopefully with continued conservation efforts they will escape extinction.
04 October 2014
Water Vole droppings
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) droppings on a site in Loch Ard Forest, Stirlingshire, near ponds 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.
04 October 2014
Brisc conference excursion 2014 examining a mink raft
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Brisc (Biological Recording in Scotland) conference 2014 excursion to the Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) reintroduction site and habitat in Loch Ard Forest, Stirlingshire. This picture shows a pond created for water voles and Katy Anderson from the Forestry Commission Scotland demonstrating a raft to detect mink footprints. If mink are detected, trapping and dispatch are carried out to protect the water voles. Between 1989 and 1998, the population fell by almost 90%. Hopefully with continued conservation efforts they will escape extinction.
04 October 2014
Mink trap at Water Vole release site, Loch Ard Forest
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Mink trap at Boninty Burn, Aberfoyle, a Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris or Arvicola amphibius) release site in the Loch Ard Forest. Between 1989 and 1998, the population of water voles fell by almost 90%. Hopefully with continued conservation efforts they will escape extinction.
29 April 2012
Water Vole habitat, Loch Ard Forest
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Boninty Burn, Aberfoyle, a Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) release site in the Loch Ard Forest, showing a water vole escape hole above the bank of the stream. Between 1989 and 1998, the population fell by almost 90%. Hopefully with continued conservation efforts they will escape extinction.
29 April 2012
Water Vole release site, Loch Ard Forest
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Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
Boninty Burn, Aberfoyle, a Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius or Arvicola terrestris) release site in the Loch Ard Forest. Between 1989 and 1998, the population fell by almost 90%. Hopefully with continued conservation efforts they will escape extinction.
29 April 2012
Female Water Vole, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Easterhouse
Black female Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris), taken by Rebecca Dickson in Glasgow. Here, this female is about to be weighed using a Pringles tube before being put safely back into a holding cage, prior to release as part of a translocation project. "Fossorial" water voles (which live in terrestrial habitat away from water) can be either brown or black in colour.
