Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) diving to feed on fool's watercress, Kent, UK

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Water vole (Arvicola terrestris) Kent, UK. Swimming underwater to feed on water cress (Nasturtium officinale). The vole dives down and crops the plant at the base of the stem, returning to the surface to eat it.

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Size: 4300px × 2878px
Photo credit: © Whittaker Wildlife UK / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: amphibius, animal, apium, aquatic, arvicola, biodiversity, cress, dive, diving, endangered, england, fools, mammal, nodiflorum, protected, rare, reintroduction, riparian, rodent, swimming, terrestris, underwater, vole, water, watercress