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The Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius, are small semi-aquatic rodents found primarily in the UK and Europe. They are larger than other voles and live near rivers, ditches, marshes and wet moorland.

European Water Vole - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The European water vole or northern water vole, Arvicola amphibius (formerly A. terrestris), is a semi-aquatic rodent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_water_vole
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) - A-Z Animals

Water Vole Classification and Evolution. The Water Vole is a small species of semi-aquatic rodent that is found along the riverbanks throughout the UK and Europe.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/water-vole/
Water Vole - Arvicola terrestris - ARKive

The water vole (Arvicola terrestris) is the largest and most famous of the British voles. 'Ratty' in Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows was not a rat, but a water vole; water rat is a local name for the species
http://www.arkive.org/water-vole/arvicola-terrestris/
ADW: Eurasian Water Vole - Arvicola amphibius

Water voles (Arvicola amphibius) inhabit the Paleartic region, spanning most of central and western Europe, Siberia, Mongolia and some parts of southwest Asia
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Arvicola_amphibius/
Water Vole: Peoples Trust for Endangered Species

Water voles have glossy brown or black fur and a blunt muzzle with small, black eyes. Their ears are rounded and almost hidden, and they have a dark, slightly furry tail.
https://ptes.org/get-informed/facts-figures/water-vole/
Water Vole: Animal Facts, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

The Northern water vole is Europe's largest native vole. It is only in the UK that water voles are dependent on living by water, so ours is a unique population. The water vole was once a common and familiar mammal, but its numbers have declined greatly over the last two decades.
http://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/animal-facts/water-vole
England's Water Voles in Desperate Decline: The Guardian

Invasive American mink is wiping out species once found abundant in English waterways, analysis by Canal and River Trust show between 1970 and 1999, water voles were found on 269 of the 2,000 miles of waterways managed by the trust.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/11/englands-water-voles-in-desperate-decline
Water Vole - YouTube

Water vole video, taking in some early spring sunshine at Amberley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54M3Q7AE-H4
The Water Vole - A Quick Guide - YouTube

In less than four minutes - learn how to tell the water vole from the very common brown rat (and just by field signs).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-fBBFsclNM
The Mammal Society - Water Voles

Water voles occur mainly along well vegetated banks of slow flowing rivers, ditches, dykes and lakes. They are sometimes confused with brown rats which often also live near water courses.
http://www.mammal.org.uk/species-factsheets/Water%20vole
Water Vole, Arvicola Amphibius - WildLifeTrusts

Lives along rivers, streams and ditches, around ponds and lakes and in marshes, reedbeds and areas of wet moorland.
http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/species/water-vole

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European Water Vole - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The European water vole or northern water vole, Arvicola amphibius (formerly A. terrestris), is a semi-aquatic rodent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_water_vole
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) - A-Z Animals

Water Vole Classification and Evolution. The Water Vole is a small species of semi-aquatic rodent that is found along the riverbanks throughout the UK and Europe.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/water-vole/
Water Vole - Arvicola terrestris - ARKive

The water vole (Arvicola terrestris) is the largest and most famous of the British voles. 'Ratty' in Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows was not a rat, but a water vole; water rat is a local name for the species
http://www.arkive.org/water-vole/arvicola-terrestris/
ADW: Eurasian Water Vole - Arvicola amphibius

Water voles (Arvicola amphibius) inhabit the Paleartic region, spanning most of central and western Europe, Siberia, Mongolia and some parts of southwest Asia
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Arvicola_amphibius/
Water Vole: Peoples Trust for Endangered Species

Water voles have glossy brown or black fur and a blunt muzzle with small, black eyes. Their ears are rounded and almost hidden, and they have a dark, slightly furry tail.
https://ptes.org/get-informed/facts-figures/water-vole/
Water Vole: Animal Facts, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

The Northern water vole is Europe's largest native vole. It is only in the UK that water voles are dependent on living by water, so ours is a unique population. The water vole was once a common and familiar mammal, but its numbers have declined greatly over the last two decades.
http://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/animal-facts/water-vole
England's Water Voles in Desperate Decline: The Guardian

Invasive American mink is wiping out species once found abundant in English waterways, analysis by Canal and River Trust show between 1970 and 1999, water voles were found on 269 of the 2,000 miles of waterways managed by the trust.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/11/englands-water-voles-in-desperate-decline
Water Vole - YouTube

Water vole video, taking in some early spring sunshine at Amberley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54M3Q7AE-H4
The Water Vole - A Quick Guide - YouTube

In less than four minutes - learn how to tell the water vole from the very common brown rat (and just by field signs).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-fBBFsclNM
The Mammal Society - Water Voles

Water voles occur mainly along well vegetated banks of slow flowing rivers, ditches, dykes and lakes. They are sometimes confused with brown rats which often also live near water courses.
http://www.mammal.org.uk/species-factsheets/Water%20vole
Water Vole, Arvicola Amphibius - WildLifeTrusts

Lives along rivers, streams and ditches, around ponds and lakes and in marshes, reedbeds and areas of wet moorland.
http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/species/water-vole

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The Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius, are small semi-aquatic rodents found primarily in the UK and Europe. They are larger than other voles and live near rivers, ditches, marshes and wet moorland.

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