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Water voles are an endangered species in the UK. Photo by Natalie Clements<\/p>\n Water voles are an endangered species in the UK. Photo by Natalie Clements<\/p>\n
Abby Neve<\/p>\n
A new cinematic wildlife film about the life of one of Britain\u2019s most threatened mammals, the water vole, is available to watch today on Youtube.<\/p>\n
Created by Cardiff based wildlife filmmaker Natalie Clements, <\/a>Ffern: A\u00a0Water\u00a0Vole\u00a0and Her Pond\u00a0follows the life of Ffern, a\u00a0water\u00a0vole\u00a0living in a small Welsh pond.<\/p>\n \u201cWater\u00a0voles\u00a0are one of our most loved but most threatened native mammals,\u201d says Natalie Clements. \u201cI wanted to tell a story that went beyond simply showing a species \u2014 I wanted people to connect with an individual animal and understand how important even the smallest habitats can be.\u201d<\/p>\n The film takes a \u2018character-led\u2019 approach to conservation storytelling, inviting audiences to see the world from the perspective of one small animal and better understand the fragile habitat that supports her.<\/p>\n Filmed over the changing seasons, the film reveals some of the challenges faced by the animal.<\/p>\n Once widespread across Britain,\u00a0water\u00a0vole\u00a0populations have suffered significant declines due to habitat loss and predation.<\/p>\n Conservation projects and habitat restoration are now helping to support their recovery in parts of the UK.<\/p>\n Wild Cymru, a conservation organisation in Wales, runs a project to protect water voles in Wales.<\/p>\n Communications officer Laurence Whitaker said<\/a>: \u201cWater Voles have witnessed one of the most dramatic population crashes of any mammal species in Wales. It is likely that if we do not act to save the Water Vole, then this once common neighbour of ours is facing almost certain extinction from these shores.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the People\u2019s Trust for Endangered Species<\/a>, water voles used to be found in nearly every waterway in England, Scotland and Wales but are now thought to have been lost in up to 90% of these sites<\/p>\n The film will be available to watch for free on YouTube<\/a> from\u00a0Saturday 15 August from 6pm.<\/p>\n Support our Nation today<\/p>\n For the price of a cup of coffee a month you can help us create an Get more trusted Welsh news<\/p>\n Choose Nation.Cymru as a preferred source in Google News to see more of our journalism.\n <\/p>\n
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