Managing water vole habitat on farmland

Useful links and references for the 'Managing water vole habitat on farmland' poster presentation

To search for grants and funding:

https://www.gov.uk/find-funding-for-land-or-farms 

The Farming Advice Service provides advice on regulations that apply to farming:

https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/farming-advice-service 

If you are in receipt of direct payments (since October 2022), then you may get free advice during the agricultural transition period. The Farming Resilience Fund lists organisations that will provide this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-free-business-advice-for-your-farm

Links

Click here to download the full .pdf manual:

Manual

Conservation management manual: Managing habitat for water voles on farmlandConservation management manual: Managing habitat for water voles on farmland

References

  1. Strachan, R., Moorhouse, T., Gelling, M. and University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research, U. (2011) Water vole conservation handbook. Third edn. Oxford: Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

  2. McGuire, C. and Morse, A. (2020) National Water Vole Database and Mapping Project, Part 1: Project Report 2009-2018. Curdridge: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Available at: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/Part%201%20Project%20Report%202009-2018.pdf (Accessed: 07 Oct 2024).

  3. Barreto, G. R., Rushton, S. P., Strachan, R. and Macdonald, D. W. (1998) 'The role of habitat and mink predation in determining the status and distribution of water voles in England', Animal Conservation, 1(2), pp. 129-137. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.1998.tb00020.x.

  4. Bonesi, L., Rushton, S. and Macdonald, D. (2002) 'The combined effect of environmental factors and neighbouring populations on the distribution and abundance of Arvicola terrestris.: An approach using rule-based models', Oikos, 99(2), pp. 220-230. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.990202.x.

  5. Lawton, J. H. and Woodroffe, G. L. (1991) 'Habitat and the Distribution of Water Voles: Why are there Gaps in a Species' Range?', Journal of Animal Ecology, 60(1), pp. 79-91. doi: 10.2307/5446.

  1. Telfer, S., Holt, A., Donaldson, R. and Lambin, X. (2001) 'Metapopulation processes and persistence in remnant water vole populations', Oikos, 95(1), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950104.x.

  2. People's Trust for Endangered Species (2019) Helping water voles on your land. Available at: https://ptes.org/campaigns/water-voles/helping-water-voles-on-your-land/ (Accessed: 07 Oct 2024).

  3. Environment Agency (2011) Water vole habitat maintenance factsheet. Available at: https://www.bbowt.org.uk/what-we-do/wildlife-conservation/water-vole-recovery-project (Accessed 14 Oct 2024).

  4. Sussex Wildlife Trust (no date) Managing land for water voles. Available at: https://dnu7gk7p9afoo.cloudfront.net/managing-land-for-water-voles.pdf (Accessed 07 Oct 2024).

  5. Barreto, G. R. (1998) 'The tightrope hypothesis: an explanation for plummeting water vole numbers in the Thames catchment.', in Bailey, R.G., José, P.V. & Sherwood, B.R. (eds.) United Kingdom floodplains, pp. 311-27.

Photo credits

Water Vole at Arundel, Sussex by Peter Trimming

cc-by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ideal Water Vole Habitat 2

https://watervole.org.uk/home/water-vole-habitat-management/

Water Vole at the British Wildlife Centre, Newchapel, Surrey

cc-by-sa/2.0- ©Peter Trimming-geograph.org.uk/p/2306375

Livestock using trough

SRUC / Farming Advice Service -https://www.fas.scot/environment/water-management/alternative-watering-for-field-grazed-livestock/

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