{"id":158103,"date":"2025-09-24T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158103\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:43:09","slug":"stanwick-lakes-welcome-back-more-than-80-water-voles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158103\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanwick Lakes welcome back more than 80 water voles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colin Cadle, a volunteer, said: “When I first came to Stanwick Lakes to monitor water vole habitats, I never imagined I’d one day help feed and release them back into the wild.<\/p>\n

“Being involved at every stage – from those early surveys to seeing the animals settle in – has been incredible.”<\/p>\n

Isaac Manley, assistant ranger, said: “This experience has given me some incredible turnkey moments early in my professional journey.<\/p>\n

“It builds on years of habitat development by previous teams and shows the pathways projects like this can open up for young people in conservation.”<\/p>\n

The Stanwick Lakes release comes a year after more than 100 voles were released at the neighbouring Nene Wetlands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Introducing voles along the riverbanks that link the two reserves helps strengthen the population, with the River Nene providing the essential corridor for their long-term survival and reconnecting fragmented populations”, Stanwick Lakes said. <\/p>\n

Liz Williams, its project lead and nature engagement coordinator, said: “This project shows the value of collaborative conservation. <\/p>\n

“Working with the Wildlife Trust has helped us create the best conditions for these water voles to thrive. <\/p>\n

“Involving volunteers and the public also fosters a sense of stewardship for our native species.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Cadle, a volunteer, said: “When I first came to Stanwick Lakes to monitor water vole habitats, I…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-158103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}