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The burrowers
“Living in such hazardous hunting
grounds, water voles treasure their
burrows as a safe place to hide”
How to
identify a
water vole’s
burrow
Water vole burrows can
usually be found close to the
water’s edge.
The entrance to the burrow
is a circular hole, roughly
5cm (2in) in diameter.
Look for a ‘lawn’ of closely
cropped vegetation near the
hole, which indicates where a
water vole has been grazing.
Feeding ra s made If the hole is muddy and
from thick vegetation littered with food remains,
allow water voles to
sit on the surface of it is probably a rat burrow.
the water
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