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seadogg | 22:09 Tue 07th Dec 2010 | Animals & Nature
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The voles in my rockery were out in the snow today clearing spilled bird seed.
I thought they were hibernating in their burrow. It wasn't the pointy faced mice from the compost box.
Shouldn't they be fast asleep now.
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"Voles do not hibernate but moult to cope with the inevitable change in temperature with the seasons".

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Chris
Voles do not hibernate - at least my bank voles don't. They are active throughout the year, in their own little burrowing way.
How lucky you both are, to have voles!
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Thanks and pleased somebody else has bank voles.I have been reading the wrong books. Good job they can't read. Last time we had them a weasel moved in so fingers crossed for this lot.
Rarely seen 'in the fur'. Occasional glimpse in the compost heap nibbling at vegetable peelings, plus the tunnels they dig. Like a miniature version of a mole. A much under-studied little creature.
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Thanks b-m. The main tunnel is well visible and comes out below a bird table. Hope yours do well. We also have tawny owl nearby and they are apparently partial to bank voles.
BTW,your "pointy faced mice" are probably actually shrews.

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