A further 119 water voles have been released into Kielder Water and Forest Park and as we wish them good luck for their future of freedom, our Kickstart Conservation Assistant Sally Johnson…

Naturally Native Project Officer Emily Marshall, takes a look at water voles in the Uplands and how these special areas are providing a refuge for Britain's fastest declining mammal.

Hi all! Crikey where has the time gone, we haven’t written a blog since May! In spite of Covid-19, we have had a busy summer and were able to release 150 water voles in June.

Hi everyone, Graham has been expertly holding the fort for the past six weeks whilst I’ve been furloughed. Field work can now be undertaken again so I’m back! I was ridiculously excited to return…

The Restoring Ratty team are really missing everyone during this difficult time. Here's a brief hello and update from Kelly Hollings.

As we move further into spring and on towards summer, we move into the busiest time of the year for the Restoring Ratty team. The biggest event of the summer without a doubt is the June release of…

The winter is a quiet time for the Restoring Ratty team, before the spring surveys start again, which will then lead into the next release of water voles in the summer. In preparation for the…

Goodness, since our last blog, we have released a further 160 water voles back into Kielder Water & Forest Park!

We’ve had a fab month so far! Currently our project area is in Kielder Water and Forest Park. However, we do aim to cross the boundary because as we’ve come to discover, water voles don’t always…

May & June are busy months for us. We’re enjoying surveying, plodging about in streams and burns before the midges start feeding off us! Water voles are thoughtful creatures, and it’s only…