tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post2503472968216963428..comments2023-11-17T11:50:03.451-08:00Comments on About a Brook: Field Voles at WorthenburyKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365185962131795210noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-11668839507987895272016-02-23T08:18:30.832-08:002016-02-23T08:18:30.832-08:00You could be right. I thought that tail was much t...You could be right. I thought that tail was much too short to be a bank vole, but you're right about the fur colour. I didn't know bank voles had dark tips to their tails. I'll ask around.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365185962131795210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-31599778714677525302016-02-23T00:02:33.043-08:002016-02-23T00:02:33.043-08:00Kate, are you sure that your pictured Field Vole i...Kate, are you sure that your pictured Field Vole is such... <br />what one can see of it appears very red... <br />and the tail looks quite long and is clearly dark above and light below with a dark tip... <br />have you got any other pix of it...<br />especially one that shows the ear[s]? <br />Red fur and a clearly divided tail are two of the indicators of Bank Vole. <br />The Field Vole tail is about as long as its head... <br />is darkish above the tail, paler below, less easily seen, lacks the dark tip... <br />and the fur isn't usually as red as this... <br />reddish, yes, in some... <br />more usually a dull grey brown.<br />That latrine shot is good... very fresh!!<br />And well done on the mention in BBC Wildlife.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-36198925055557403682016-02-18T13:51:01.609-08:002016-02-18T13:51:01.609-08:00Thanks!Thanks!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365185962131795210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966802467050066236.post-40659709177153214232016-02-18T13:22:56.751-08:002016-02-18T13:22:56.751-08:00So so observant!So so observant!Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.com