Barnsley Biodiversity Trust logo Barnsley Biodiversity Trust: Barnsley Biodiversity Action Plan. DRAFT Last Updated February 2019

Water Vole Conservation


Factors causing loss or decline

Actions and mitigation to improve things for water vole:


Legal protection.

Water Voles are fully protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981. It is an offence to


Water Vole is a Section 41 species of principal importance for conservation and as such need to be taken into consideration by any public body in managing their estate. NERC Act (2006))


Links

Standing Advice [surveys and mitigation]




Associated Local Priority Habitats

Rivers and streams - slow moving

Ponds (including canals, dikes, etc)

Floodplain Grazing Marsh