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Bridging the Gap project

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Published
19 March 2026
Estimated value
£100,000
Place of performance
UK
Procedure
Direct award
Lots
1
Notice number
025198-2026
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-066ef8
Official source
Official source

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Description

Water voles are an IUCN Red List Species, their threat status for the most part, is a result of predation my American mink, an invasive non-native species. The control and eradication of mink through effective regional partnerships t has been identified by Natural England through their Threatened Species Recovery Action (TSRA) project as the priority action to recover the species. This project is looking to shift the dial for recovery of water voles. It aims to fill the missing part of a puzzle to create a mink free corridor from the Thames Estuary in the south-east of England across to the Bristol Chanel on the west coast. This will create a mink free corridor across the country, enabling the recovery of water voles while also enabling the strategic control of mink into the South West of England. Mink eradication across this corridor, and England as a whole, is being led by Waterlife Recovery Trust (WRT). This charity has been in place since 2022, building on the very successful work to remove mink from East Anglia from 2019 onwards. The organisation’s goal and sole purpose is to achieve the eradication of mink across Great Britain, using strict working protocols, strong scientifi…

Awards

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Waterlife Recovery Trust — —

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