Water Vole - RSPB Minsmere
Description: Water voles have a blunt nose, small ears, a brown fur plus a furry tail.
Life Expectancy: only up 1.5 years
Native/Introduced: Native
Habitat: The live along rivers, fens and other water ways as well as across marshes and wetland areas.
Distribution in the UK: Widely spread across the UK, though numbers are declining.
Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List); Endangered on the UK Red List - Water voles are protected in Britain under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and they a Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework
Information Source: Mammal Society, IUCN Red List
Life Expectancy: only up 1.5 years
Native/Introduced: Native
Habitat: The live along rivers, fens and other water ways as well as across marshes and wetland areas.
Distribution in the UK: Widely spread across the UK, though numbers are declining.
Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List); Endangered on the UK Red List - Water voles are protected in Britain under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and they a Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework
Information Source: Mammal Society, IUCN Red List
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