Charlie Stubbs in Church Stretton Self-made monitoring boxes are being used to track the declining numbers of water voles in Shropshire. The number of water voles nationally are in free fall, with more than 90 per cent of them lost since the 1970s, the Mammal Society said. The water vole is…
Charlie Stubbs in Church Stretton
Self-made monitoring boxes are being used to track the declining numbers of water voles in Shropshire.
The number of water voles nationally are in free fall, with more than 90 per cent of them lost since the 1970s, the Mammal Society said.
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