Water voles in some ways aren't especially adapted to an aquatic life, in that they drown pretty easily in floods and they don't have webbed feet to make them stronger swimmers. But they do have fur that dries the second they shake it.
This blog charts the fortunes of water voles in and around the Whitchurch area, North Shropshire. Water voles are one of the UK's most threatened mammals, extinct in many counties, and so it's vital they receive as much monitoring and protection as there is going. Here in Whitchurch we're lucky enough to have them right in the middle of town - how cool is that?
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