About the event

This in-person event is a session for members of the public 18+ who are interested in learning more about water vole ecology and field signs.

This will be a short session in the field to learn how to identify water vole field signs. If you sign up, you will also be sent a link to an online video introduction to water vole ecology to watch before the field session.

The Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk Wildlife Trusts are teaming up on a collaborative project to help tell the story of the endangered water vole in the Eastern Region off the back of the successful mink eradication project in East Anglia. The North American mink is an invasive non-native species that threatens native water vole populations. Mink numbers have fallen dramatically in Suffolk since the start of the eradication project in 2021, but we do not have enough information to determine the impact this is having on water vole populations.

This training will help upskill and encourage members of the public to look out for water vole in their local area, so they can possibly submit one of sightings and or/ take part in The National Water Vole Monitoring programme. This will allow us build more of a picture about how water vole are doing in Suffolk and help tell their story.

No charge, but booking essential, places limited.