They’re one of our most precious but sadly most threatened species in the UK. So, how can ponds help sustain this wonderful species and why do we need to help them thrive?We’ve donned our binoculars for this episode as we celebrate the wonder of watching wildlife and go in search of the illusive watervole. Some of Megan McCubbin’s earliest memories were down at a local pond, waiting to catch a glimpse of it’s wildlife and remembers hearing a watervole’s distinctive ‘plop’ for the very first time. We meet Jo Cartmell in a favourite spot next to her village pond to hear about how she’s dedicated years to monitoring, and blogging about a group of voles who live there (even giving them names). She knows them more than anybody else, will we get to to spot one? And Dr Daniel Foreman of Swansea University explains why such such a quintessentially British pond and wetland species have become so threatened and how we can protect them.Also find out why ponds are such amazing places for sustaining the life of not just watervoles, but an abundance of species as we take a journey from the bottom of the pond to the surface with Ellie Jones from WWT.(And we should also point out watervoles are very cute, <a href="https://www.wwt.org.uk/news-and-stories/blog/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-water-voles-and-rats/#">here’s a photo</a>)Featuring: Jo Cartmell (<a href="https://twitter.com/WaterVole">@Watervole</a> and find out more at <a href="https://watervole.org.uk/">watervole.or.uk</a>), <a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/d.w.forman/">Dr Daniel Foreman</a>, and <a href="https://www.wwt.org.uk/our-work/wetland-conservation-unit/meet-the-team/ellie-jones/">Ellie Jones</a> from WWT. Presented by <a href="https://twitter.com/MeganMcCubbin">Megan McCubbin</a>.If listening to this podcast inspires you to take action for wetlands and find out more then visit <a href="https://www.wwt.org.uk/">wwt.org.uk</a>Waterlands is a series brought to you by the WWT. It’s an <a href="https://18sixty.uk/">18Sixty</a> production, the producer is Melvin Rickarby and original music is by Noah Bloom.

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