Water voles may be one of the nation's favourite mammals, but they are notoriously hard to spot in the wild.
They are very shy and sharply declining in numbers.
Unless you are lucky enough to live in Whitchurch, Shropshire, where you can spot them while doing the weekly shop.
The town is a little sanctuary for water voles, with several populations that live around a brook that runs next to the car park of a local supermarket. Kate Long (www.twitter.com/volewriter)
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