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