The enigmatic water vole may be associated with our water and river systems but scientists have revealed it is it thriving almost 700 metres up a Scottish hill. Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve in Wester Ross managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is home to some of Britain’s rarest wildlife. And a recent survey of water voles found the inhabitants quite happily defining territory at that altitude. Water voles are chunky rodents up to 25 cm in length. They live along the edges of burns, rivers and ditches and feed on grasses and sedges while inhabiting burrow systems among waterside…