FORGET the Easter Bunny, this Easter is all about water voles!
Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for volunteers to take part in their national water vole survey, which starts on Good Friday, April 15.
Immortalised by Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, these native riverbank residents are incredibly cute, but sadly they are facing extinction in Britain.
The survey, which is part of PTES’ National Water Vole Monitoring Programme, runs for two months until June 15.
Volunteers are asked to simply survey a local river, stream, ditch or canal looking for water voles and record their findings online: www.ptes.org/watervoles.
No previous experience is needed, as free online training and survey guides are provided.
This year more sites are available to be surveyed than ever before, making it even easier for volunteers to find a local waterway to survey either alone, or with a small group of friends or family.
