article_snippet.sent: Farmer James Winslade believes the voles would have moved the voles elsewhere when the dredgers began work and argues the voles did not need to be captured and moved 100 miles to a new home.
article_snippet.sent: the vole population're not stupid, the vole population'll feel the vibration of the dredgers and move
article_snippet.sent: - it's not like the vole population haven't any other habitat to move on to,' He said. 
article_snippet.sent: 'The river bank adjoins fields so the vole population can move from the river banks to the fields, and move back once the dredgers have gone.'
article_snippet.sent: the voles spent the winter in an 'over-wintering facility' before being moved to new riverside homes in Hampshire and Cornwall.
article_snippet.sent: He said: 'the voles are undertaking sometimes long, arduous hours in the field to make sure it's up to the standard that is required nowadays.'
article_snippet.sent: The over-wintering is necessary to ensure The over-wintering survival. '
article_snippet.sent: Relocating The over-wintering was an essential piece of work - if we hadn't moved this population of voles then it would not have been possible to complete the dredging. '