Water Vole Survey

May 18, 2024

Long Mead Barn
Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4BT

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The NRN Annual Water Vole Survey Update

Date for your diary: Saturday 18th May 2024, 10:00 – 16:00, meet at Long Mead Barn. Bring a packed lunch and wear suitable clothing (long-sleeved clothing, sturdy boots or wellies, and bring along some gardening gloves and maybe even a walking/ranging pole).

We at the NRN are moving into our third year of annual water vole surveys, and any data collected from these surveys are being shared with the local biological records centre (TVERC) as well as with BBOWT.

We invite you as volunteers to come and join us in the survey, and you will be paired up with an experienced lead water vole surveyor. Surveys are based on looking for signs of water voles in the context of droppings, footprints, feeding remains, latrines, paths and burrows.  If you are very quiet, you may in fact see a water vole with your own eyes.  This has been a really fun and interesting day previously. Gaining experience in these surveys means that you can get involved in years to come.

2023 was our first year where we undertook detailed surveys along different sections of the River Thames water network in and around Long Mead. We identified water vole populations living along the Wharf Stream, River Thames, Limb Brook and Eynsham Mead Ditch.  We hope to continue surveying these sections on an annual basis to monitor the continued status of these local water vole populations. This year we are considering adding some additional sites to our survey area, after confirming the presence of water voles at the Fish Ponds, which connects to the Chillbrook.

So come along, enjoy a day with Ratty and gain some experience and enjoy the outdoors and beauty of Eynsham.

Anna Rowlands

Please make sure that you sign up on the website as we really need to keep track of numbers. 




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Anna Rowlands


Date and Time

Sat, May 18, 2024

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(GMT+0000) Europe/London

Location

Long Mead Barn

Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4BT

Long Mead Local Wildlife Site Oxford RoadSwinford OX29 4BT   This workshop will be held at Long Mead barn and in our species-rich floodplain hay meadow. Please travel by foot, bus or bike if you can. The S1 Bus stops at the Talbot Inn, just outside our gate. We are …

Long Mead Local Wildlife Site


Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4BT



 


This workshop will be held at Long Mead barn and in our species-rich floodplain hay meadow. Please travel by foot, bus or bike if you can. The S1 Bus stops at the Talbot Inn, just outside our gate. We are between the Swinford Toll Bridge and the Talbot Inn (opposite the pub) recogniseable by the row of rusty birds on the gate and a thatch barn in the orchard.




If you need to travel by car please use the Eynsham Sports Pavillion car park (1 Oxford Rd, Eynsham, Witney OX29 4HG). It is marked with a green pointer on the map. It is 7 minutes walk from us.


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Long Mead Barn

Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4BT