Shame this is out of focus, but it does show the pale underbelly of the vole quite well
Eating grass.
Eating apple.
Eating grass.
Eating apple.
Eating rosebay willowherb seeds. I normally post close-ups, but here's an adult vole from a distance, for scale.
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Just watched a water vole apparently munching the seeds from a rosebay willowherb. They're recorded as eating 227 different species of plant, plus very occasionally snails, crayfish and possibly frogs. One in captivity ate a bit of fish too, but that was a pregnant female vole who maybe needed extra protein.
Just watched a water vole apparently munching the seeds from a rosebay willowherb. They're recorded as eating 227 different species of plant, plus very occasionally snails, crayfish and possibly frogs. One in captivity ate a bit of fish too, but that was a pregnant female vole who maybe needed extra protein.
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Ahhh!! Great pictures, that third one reminds me of my old hamster.
Interesting subject, I wonder if it has anything to do with the time of the year and what else is available. I can't imagine a water vole tackling a crayfish unless it was really hungry (or the crayfish was already dead).
The fish it ate was dead - the incident's recorded in the water vole guide by S A Ryder. W-vs are not above a bit of scavenging. I've seen one eating chips out of a paper cone!
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