Water vole survey of Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve - October 2011

SNH commissioned Waterside Ecology to undertake a survey within Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve (NNR) to identify and map the distribution of water vole colonies and identify those potentially at greatest risk of extinction. A total of 19 separate locations were found to have current, recent or old signs of water vole activity, 8 of which were considered to have currently active water vole colonies. The dataset includes absence records. The distribution of water vole colonies and suitable habitat within the Beinn Eighe NNR had previously been largely unknown.