About 100 water voles are to be released in the Yorkshire Dales.
Ecologists from the National Trust plan to release the new colony into Malham Tarn, England's highest freshwater lake.
It will be the first time voles have been in high Yorkshire Dales in 50 years.
Vole numbers have dropped by almost 90% in recent decades, and they have become one of the UK's most threatened mammals.
The animals being released have been bred in captivity and will be introduced in batches over five days.
They will spend two days in cages along the banks of the lake, before the cage doors are opened on the third day.
'Perfect habitat'
Ecologists will place apples and carrots on floating rafts near the cages to tempt the voles out into their new environment.-read more
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