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 nearly 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, and has suffered catastrophic declines over several decades and is the UK’s fastest declining mammal. Continue reading...

Source: guardian.co.uk