Water vole areas in England and Wales fall by 30% in a decade
by Haroon Siddique from Environment | The Guardian on (#3GRNM)
Species remains UK's fastest declining mammal despite large reintroduction programme
The 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.
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