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Water voles back on Surrey’s River Wey
Wild animals · River Wey, Surrey, England · September 26, 2026

Water voles back on Surrey’s River Wey

Water voles vanished from Surrey’s rivers for about twenty years — banks empty, no chewed stems, wetland food chains thinner. They’re living wild again at Thundry Meadows on the River Wey: a real return of a mammal Britain nearly lost.

Source: Surrey Wildlife Trust

Photo: Surrey Wildlife Trust

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