Voles are small mammals that tend to have large heads, compact bodies, and short noses. Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur ...

In Scotland a water vole becomes a triathlete - sprinting across ... Swimming across the loch she could be hunted by a giant pike large enough to swallow her whole. Athleticism!

I have never even seen a vole, but I am pretty certain they are out there – in the garden! Maybe they just didn’t come around ...