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Water voles return to Surrey!

Once extinct in the county, the iconic water vole is back on the Upper Hogsmill River.

Today, we celebrated the return of 50 water voles to the Chamber Mead wetland, a major milestone for urban rewilding and biodiversity in Surrey.

Thanks to years of restoration work led by @southeastriverstrust the reintroduction expertise of @citizenzoo and @wildwoodtrustuk and support from @epsomewellbc who facilitated the project, this much-loved species now has a thriving wetland home again in Epsom & Ewell’s green heartland 💚

The Hogsmill River is a rare urban chalk stream, and the creation of the Chamber Mead wetlands has turned this once-threatened site into an ideal place for nature to recover.

With breeding support from Wildwood Trust and funding from the Natural England Species Recovery Programme, together we’ve reversed nearly 20 years of local extinction.

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