Local Wildlife Sites
with Water Vole populations

Dearne

25 Barnsley Canal at Wilthorpe LWS

35 Edderthorpe Ings LWS

38 Old Moor and Wath Ings LWS

39 Bolton-on-Dearne Wetlands LWS

Dove

36 Broomhill Flash and Wombwell Ings LWS

37 Gypsy Marsh LWS

55 Parkhill Brickworks nature reserve LWS

57 Swaithe Flood Meadows LWS?

27 Carlton Marsh LWS

60 Rabbit Ings LWS -Sandybridge Dike

With potential water vole populations

17 Dakin Brook

Potential Local Wildlife Sites
with Water Vole populations

Athersley Pond

Sites

Within the Barnsley area a few sites still support the Water Vole: Water Voles may be found in places on tributaries of the Dove and Dearne rivers and parts of the remaining canal system. Previously they have been found in the uplands on tributaries of the River Don.

Unfortunately Mink have moved into many areas, increasing the threat to remaining populations.

There are currently no SSSIs supporting Water Vole; however Water Voles are found in a number of Local Wildlife Sites.

A LWS may be designated for any stretch of a watercourse within which a colony of Water Vole has been identified or for any water course or land that joins two or more colonies respectively less than 1km or 500m apart.