A great new article of this title by Roff Smith in National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/water-voles-britain-conservation) lifts the spirits by recognising that, at last, there really is hope of a recovery by Britain's beleaguered water voles. It will be of no surprise to visitors to the Waterlife Recovery Trust's website (to which the NatGeo article has [...]

The Thames to Lincolnshire (TtL) project commenced in August 2023, when WRT were awarded a £500,000 grant by Natural England. The areas included in the grant ran from the Thames in the south to mid-Lincolnshire. With additional match funding from partnering trusts, the TtL project was able to extend to include South London, Essex [...]