A nose for water voles
We can all look for the signs of water voles but we’re likely to miss most of them. So maybe our K-9 companions can help us find the voles of the North East. Blog by Sally Johnson - Conservation…
We can all look for the signs of water voles but we’re likely to miss most of them. So maybe our K-9 companions can help us find the voles of the North East. Blog by Sally Johnson - Conservation…
Naturally Native Project Officer Elliot Lea, takes a look at water voles in the Uplands and how these special areas are providing a refuge for Britain's fastest declining mammal.
On Saturday 28th August, our young volunteer groups: Nature Rangers (10-13 years) Young Rangers (14-18yrs) and SeaScapes Beach Rangers (14-18yrs), joined Matt Barnes, from the Marine Conservation…
Water voles may be Britain’s fastest declining mammal. This blog looks at why and how we can help them recover.
Our Nature and Young Rangers spent their last session on a fungi forage around Low Barns Nature Reserve. Find out what they found in the blog below.
While upland rush pasture looks vastly different from ‘ideal’ water vole habitat, it is nevertheless vital to their continued presence in the North East. Read all about this important habitat in…
The water vole is under serious threat from habitat loss and predation by the American mink. Found along our waterways, it is similar-looking to the brown rat, but with a blunt nose, small ears…
Over the past few weeks, our Nature Rangers and Young Rangers at Low Barns (funded by believe housing) have been exploring meadows – learning about the plants in them and the invertebrate species…
In winter 2021, a new base for the Nature Rangers and Young Rangers was unveiled at Low Barns Nature Reserve.
An eight-year-old girl from County Durham has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to appeal for help in saving the water vole.
Kelly Hollings, Restoring Ratty Project Officer for Northumberland Wildlife Trust, explores the habits of these much-loved mammals.