Thread: Field Vole

Field Vole, taken today in North hampshire.

They are fantastic pics, Alan, but are they not Bank Voles?

Here's one of our Bank Voles for you to compare it with - taken last March.

I guess I'm wrong, I was going by the short tail. Another picture of my Basingstoke vole, and one taken the day before in Fleet. Is the Fleet one also a Bank Vole?
Apart from being very young the Fleet vole looks the same to me. But what do I know.
I do find this interesting.
Regards to all Alan

These voles are attracted by peanuts put to lure the birds.
I love to watch them when it's quiet on the bird front, I see them most days
The Basingstoke one was near a river, but the Fleet one was not.
They let me take their pictures and I pay them peanuts.

These are super photos!

I'm not an expert on anything - never mind Voles - but when we first witnessed our little garden visitors, I checked MANY sources to ascertain what kind of Voles they were.

I found that Bank Voles are common in gardens, but Field (or Short-tailed) Voles are not, being much more timid and normally only in fields in the countryside.

Bank Voles have a reddish or 'chestnut' colour to their fur. The other type are more grey in colour.

Bank Voles have tails like the one in my first pic, but Field (or Short-tailed) ones have a much shorter tail.

The ears on a Bank Vole are more obvious.

Check on this site for Field and Bank Voles and see what you think yours are!
Mammals

Wow, Catherine, good spot - I wouldn't know the difference :-) But lovely shots there, Alan. - and once yuo have ascertained which it is, I agree with Rolf - in the Gallery!

I guess it's a bank Vole, because of the Redish brown colour.
Alan

Alan, I might be a bit biased (as we have some here), but I think Bank Voles are the prettier ones anyway!