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Good news for owls, bad news for voles in creature count

Wildlife experts in a remote corner of England have reported a mini-baby boom in the number of tawny owls being born. An increase in the number of voles, their most important prey, has led around 90 tawny pairs to have chicks, as opposed to just 25 ...

28 May 2023 at 09:32

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Beavers pave way for return of endangered water voles to Scottish rainforest

Beavers reintroduced to a Scottish rainforest in 2009 may have created the “right conditions” for another native species to flourish, according to conservationists. Water voles, once abundant in Scotland but now one of the country’s most ...

17 Jun 2024 at 10:40

Project to remove invasive stoats from Orkney boosting native wildlife – RSPB

A project to remove non-native stoats from Orkney has boosted threatened birds and a species of vole found only on the islands, conservationists said. The Orkney Native Wildlife Project, which organisers say is the largest stoat removal ...

30 Oct 2024 at 09:53

Water voles reintroduced into waterways in southern England

Dozens of water voles have been reintroduced into waterways in parts of southern England after being declared locally extinct over the last 20 years. Some 150 water voles were released last month at six sites along the River Wey in ...

01 Sept 2025 at 16:43

Orkney stoat eradication project boosts rare voles, hen harriers and owls

Efforts to remove invasive stoats from Orkney have given a boost to the islands’ native vole species – and one of the UK’s rarest birds of prey. A new report shows Orkney vole activity in spring 2025 was the highest since 2019 ...

31 Mar 2026 at 11:58

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