Author Archives: Jane Reeve
Water Vole Surveying
Water vole surveying takes place in spring and autumn to assess water vole presence and absence at particular sites. In May 2014 we carried out surveys at three farm ponds in Highleigh. these are sites that have previously had excellent … Continue reading
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Water vole habitat work in Sidlesham
A ditch in Church Farm Lane, Sidlesham that links two ponds together has had a make over in the last few months. The roadside ditch has had water voles living in it for the last few years but one section … Continue reading
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Water Vole trapping at the Medmerry realignment
In March, MWHG volunteers plus the University of Brighton carried out water vole trapping on the Medmerry realignment site. we were looking to make sure that water voles were still making a home of some of the pre-existing ditches and … Continue reading
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Bonfire at Florence Pond, Nov 2013
We carried out a bonfire of all dead material created at the start of October by the TCV, and our volunteers, clearing the hedge and cutting back the bramble. We picked a dryish day and came prepared with fire lighters … Continue reading
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Bushell’s Pond with water in it!
After the hard work in October, when the TCV came and cleared all the bramble form Bushell’s pond, it was great to see that there is finally water in it. we need to have a continual plan to keep it … Continue reading
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Willow removal from Sheep Dip Pond
Natural succession can slowly fill ponds with vegetation and willow and to maintain biodiversity ponds have to be managed. Sheep dip pond has had water vole records for the last couple of years but has slowly been over taken by … Continue reading
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Water Vole trapping on Chichester Canal Oct 2013
We had a very enjoyable water vole trapping session on the Chichester canal, the Birdham section, at the beginning of October 2013. Trapping water voles requires a license from Natural England and must be related to a scientific project that … Continue reading
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Trust for Conservation Volunteers visit
We were lucky enough to have 10 volunteers, and 2 leaders, from the Trust for Conservation Volunteers spend a Water Vole Weekend with us at the start of October. They spent two and a half days tackling large habitat restoration … Continue reading
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Water Vole Patrol
The water Vole Patrol are a group of volunteers that work in the countryside of the Manhood Peninsula with farmers and other landowners to secure the long term future of the nationally rare and endangered water vole. The key to … Continue reading
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