Llanelli Water Vole Action Group Clean Up Berwick Levels

The Llanelli Water Vole Action Group held a clean up with support from the Keep Wales Tidy Pride In Our Communities Project. The group is keen to maintain a good habitat for water voles in an area of Llwynhendy called the Berwick Levels. There are many ditches in the area that water voles live in. The Levels have been identified as one of 14 key sites in the UK to conserve as a water vole habitat. The water vole species has declined by 96% in the last 100 years, making it the fastest declining mammal species in the UK.

Clearing around the ditches.

Clearing out the ditches that the water voles live in.

Waste under trees

An impressive rubbish pile!