Is this a Bank Vole or is it a Field Vole? I think the give away is the length of the tail. An alternative name for Field Vole is "Short-tailed Vole" and although in this picture, not all the tail is visible, in my experience the tail is far too long to be anything other than a Bank Vole. I may have expected it to have more reddish fur but they are variable apparently. Getting the photograph was interesting. I am still trying to photograph Crossbills and I went to the area where I have set up the drinking pool. I have been leaving peanuts on the log stumps which attract the woodpeckers and also it seems, Bank Voles! The Roe Deer probably eat them as well as the Squirrels. I suddenly saw some movement where I had put the nuts and as I concentarted, out shot this dark shape, grabbed a nut and retreated back like a streak, so quick you could hardly tell what it was. I waited again for just a short while and it was back to grab another. This time I was ready and I pressed the camera shutter release.
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