2K views · 835 reactions | A Bank Vole snacking on the scrap food beneath the bird feeders. The bank vole skitters around woodland and dense vegetation looking for blackberries, nuts and small insects. It uses its large ears to listen out for its many predators, such as the fox and kestrel. Like all voles, it has small eyes, a short tail and a rounded snout. Bank voles have large ears (but not as large as mice) which distinguish them from other UK vole species. | The Robin Whisperer | Facebook

Bank voles, the smallest of the UK’s voles, at first sight can be confused with field voles, which are greyer, or wood mice, which have a longer tail and bound rather than scurry. 🐭 Bank voles are active during both the day and night, and forage over distances up to 50 metres. Males sometimes travel further to find a mate. 🌙 They make their nests in shallow burrows that they dig just beneath the ground, which they line with leaves, grasses, moss or feathers. They are very nimble climbers and o