water vole
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"That means we've got evidence of breeding water vole which is brilliant," he continues on the subject of the flattened poo.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Newman said it was particularly concerning for the native endangered water vole, which he described as the snapping turtle's "top snack".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Mammals like the red squirrel and water vole, birds like the curlew and plants such as the fen orchid squeezed out by loss of habitat and pollution.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2021
The drainage pipe seemed the perfect vole-sized hole, but it took the photographer many days camped on the opposite side of the canal before he saw a water vole that thought the same.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2019
Really they are as easy as the water vole or skunk with me.
From Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)
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