Bybrook ConservationBybrook Conservation
The water vole is a priority conservation species listed as endangered.
Relying on undisturbed habitats to survive. It is fully protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
River banks, streams and ditches, ponds and reed beds are the favoured habitats of water voles. Look for signs of their burrows in the river bank and nibbled foliage around the burrow entrance, which forms a so called, lawn.
Mainly active at twilight or before sunrise, the water vole is shy and skittish – listen for the the distinctive ‘plop’ as it dives for safety when disturbed.
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, with the support of Bybrook Conservation, hope to conduct a full survey of the water vole population along sections of the Bybrook during the coming year.
Click Videos for Peter de Vere’s film about water voles
