Bank vole

Bank voles are active during the night and day, but the small brown frequently rest to preserve their energy. They make nests under logs, amongst tree roots, in tree holes or underground. In the autumn, they sometimes for times of scarcity in the winter.


Bank voles range across (except for the extreme north or south) and east into central . They are found throughout , and were accidentally introduced to the south west of Ireland in the 1950s. A supersized variety of the species arrived on Skomer Island, southwest , hundreds of years ago and is twice as big as the mainland bank vole.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Myodes_glareolus

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