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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Emily Beament

Orkney stoat eradication project boosts rare voles, hen harriers and owls

Signs of voles were found on Mainland, Orkney (Alamy/PA) -

Efforts to remove invasive stoats from Orkney have given a boost to the islands’ native vole species – and one of the UK’s rarest birds of prey.

A new report shows Orkney vole activity in spring 2025 was the highest since 2019 when a project to protect the islands’ native wildlife from the invasive non-native stoats began.

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