Derek Gow Consultancy | Specialists in Water Vole Conservation

Water vole evidence on the river Dore	Water vole tracks on the river Dore
Bramble shoots cut by water voles	Water vole - picture by David Chapman
Juvenile water vole	Good water vole habitat
Juncus stem showing 45 degree cut made by a water vole	Juncus stripped of its outer layer by feeding water voles
Large female water voles showing mite on eye	Water vole burrow system
Water vole run in waterside vegetation	Water vole feed pile
Water vole nest	Wild water vole
A Swimming water vole	Vole's eye view
Bankside Burrows	Bankside vegetation grazed to a lawn by voles
Bank vole	Checking traps
Close up of a bank vole for comparison	Close up of a field vole for comparison
Distinctive green droppings	Evicerated frog
Example of a latrine	Excellent habitat for voles
Field vole	One bank managed at a time
Release pen	Trap in situ
Vegetation cut by water voles	Vole with unusual white feet
Water vole feeding signs on tubers	Where grazing is controlled, bankside vegetation can support greater vole populations