Water vole areas in England and Wales fall by 30% in a decade

Species remains UK's fastest declining mammal despite large reintroduction programmeThe number of areas where water voles are found across England and Wales has fallen by almost a third in 10 years, research has found. The species, which provided the model for the much-loved character Ratty in The Wind of the Willows, has suffered catastrophic declines over several decades and is the UK's fastest declining mammal. Continue reading...