Top of the ‘plops’ - the #watervole is one of the #PeakDistrict’s most secretive but charismatic residents, making a home on our slow-moving rivers and canals. Listen out for the distinctive ‘plop’ as they drop from riverside into the water! 💦 #springwatch

Summer is the best time of year for spotting water voles. The first clues are often sound-based – a plop as a vole enters the water or the quiet chewing as one gnaws on its food. You normally first see one swimming along out of the corner of your eye, so keep alert! #Springwatch

Day 13 of #30dayswild unlucky for some but I consider it very lucky as this has been my view!

Fantastic to see the hard work of @robynstewart80 being recognised on BBC Springwatch. Great to see the Glasgow water voles doing so well!

It is great to see the Glasgow water voles doing so well and the research into them will help inform conservation across the country. #Springwatch #springwatch2018

It's #WaterVoleDetectionDog Lola's 3rd Birthday today! She has enjoyed a day off at home, back to work tomorrow!

The one that started it all has celebrated his 12th birthday today! Retired #WaterVoleDetectionDog Stig has been very poorly lately, we didn't expect him to make it to today but he has come back fighting and thanks to our excellent vet Chris, he is almost back to normal!

Introducing new recruit Ludo. Ludo is joining team water vole and will be backing up Lola on some of our bigger surveys. #WaterVoleDetectionDog #workingcocker

We will be at @tendringshow on Saturday. Come along and see our demonstrations in the pond Pond Arena; 10am, 12:30pm and 2:45pm. You can also meet some of the team on the stand and have a go at our sniff test!

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Water Vole Detection Dog Lola on site for Environment Agency and BL Ecology Ltd some good finds on vast ditch and dyke networks.

Last day in East Yorkshire, 15km of ditch and dyke networks covered by Water Vole Detection Dog Lola. A huge coastal realignment on an already fabulous bit of coastline. A pleasure to be involved.

It gets quite windy up in Yorkshire! #SmallDogProblems

We do like to be the first to do things! #TheOriginalAndTheBest #WaterVoleDetectionDogs

Tune in if you can to see Water Vole Detection Dog Lola in action!

Dogs with Extraordinary Dogs - I'll be on Channel 5 this Thursday talking about our Essex Wildlife Trust work with Ecology Dogs and Lola the #watervole tracking dog. Find out if Lola, and her trainer Ali, are going to put me out of a job! The Wildlife Trusts People's Trust for Endangered Species Mammal Society

Our surveys are a great addition to traditional survey methods. We usually recommend our services be used as a second survey working in accordance to the guidance set out in the Water Vole Conservation Handbook with… instagram.com/p/CDmEV05lRfd/…

Training this morning on some really easy finds. It’s a site we know well that has a great water vole population with gently sloping banks and easy vegetation. I wanted Lola to have some nice easy finds in quick… instagram.com/p/CEMOvTFpk2S/…

That’s a wrap for us on this site. It’s been a tough couple of days for Lola. Very steep sided ditches and drains with dense vegetation but some great finds for her efforts. Worked alongside two excellent ECOW’s… instagram.com/p/CEdw6feF60V/…