Water vole surveys

Water vole surveys are a volunteer-led activity; you can do them at a time and place of your choosing.  What we are asking for is people to walk along water courses looking for signs of voles (burrows, latrines, feeding stations). We are not asking for a regular commitment of time. The surveys can fit in with your availability and location.  Our aim is just to cover as many streams, burns, becks and drainage lines as possible, over the spring and summer months, when the voles are most active and most likely to be detected.  

To help you, below are downloadable resources.  These include a copy of the online training presentation we gave in late April, as well as the Risk Assessment (please do read!) and a link to the survey app we use for recording data. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Naturally Native team: sbrend@durhamwt.co.uk

Finally, please do remember to sign up as a volunteer Volunteer | Durham (durhamwt.com) as this is the easiest way for us to contact you.

Happy, safe surveying and good luck!