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The extreme close-up of an armed nomad bee won first prize in the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust ...

Voles are small mammals that tend to have large heads, compact bodies, and short noses. Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur ...

This slender vole has relatively prominent, rounded ears, and long coarse fur, buffy to yellowish gray on the sides and silvery gray on the underparts of the body. The bicolored (dark brown above and ...

Consider the vole-fox system described in the first section. Field voles (Microtus agrestis) and bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) preferentially consume forbs and grasses, but they will turn ...

May contains two bank holidays for all four nations of the UK. The first is known as the Early May bank holiday or May Day, and takes place on 6 May 2024. The second is the Spring bank holiday ...

With the rise of digital payments, you may be wondering what the best UK bank for online banking is. According to UK Finance, customers lost £18.7 million to mobile banking scams in the first six ...

A habitat bank aiming to increase biodiversity and reduce river pollution has been created in south Oxfordshire. It is the first of its kind in the district and received support from South Oxfordshire ...

The area will become a mix of grassland, scrub, and woodland habitats, providing a sanctuary for wildlife including pollinators, water voles, curlews, and barn owls. The habitat bank will also provide ...

The Bank of England moves rates up and down in order to control UK inflation - which is the increase in the price of something over time. When inflation is high, the Bank may decide to raise rates ...

but Grantchester Meadow Water-Voles, made tamer than most by living on the left bank of a river much traveled by punts and ...