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Water Vole Watching

August 26, 2014May 25, 2017Oxford Childrens

Tom Moorhouse, an ecologist at the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology and author of the brilliant debut The River Singers (out now in paperback) shares his tips on finding and seeing water voles in their real habitat. When I talk to classes of children in schools, I always ask them the same question: “How many of you […]

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