Field Voles

[shropshire mole 190]

Got called to a report of rats in the lawn today. No rats but voles have taken over old mole runs. The moles were trapped last winter.

 

There are over 40 holes ruining the lawn now, each hole has very short nibbled grass around, sure they are voles.

 

Can anything be done to move them on??

 

 

[PFS 12]

As far as I was aware voles are protected, you could ask you local barn owl or kestrel to pop in I guess...

[StephenWalsh 73]

Sharp sand down the holes.

 

And they aren't protected outside the normal Wild Mammals (Protection) Act.

Edited August 3, 2014 by StephenWalsh

[neil cooney 10,415]

Just my two cents worth but when we wanted anything out of an underground burrow but didn't want to kill them we'd soak pine cones in Creosote for a few days and put them in the burrow.

The smell would shift anything.

[The one 8,405]

Just my two cents worth but when we wanted anything out of an underground burrow but didn't want to kill them we'd soak pine cones in Creosote for a few days and put them in the burrow.

The smell would shift anything.

 

And it works a treat I did a r.s.p.c.a centre one night and snared a lot of rabbits on a smallholders fence line after the head inspector agreed with me and the centre manager was a arse

[ratattack 111]

Instal a post or two that owls/ kestrels will sit on and they will sort the voles out.

[PFS 12]

Surely the trees/ lampposts surrounding will be sufficient perches

[shropshire mole 190]

Clearly not otherwise this particular vole population would be under control. Maybe a perch around these holes would allow a passing owl or prey bird better view point, will suggest to owners

[Dirksdonuts 79]

Water Voles are protected but as Stephenwalsh said above Field Voles are not protected with the exception of the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act.

 

The best way to clear an area of them is to use the boxed snappa traps baited with peanut butter and placed next to the holes.

[Matt 160]

Water Voles are protected but as Stephenwalsh said above Field Voles are not protected with the exception of the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act.

 

The best way to clear an area of them is to use the boxed snappa traps baited with peanut butter and placed next to the holes.

 

Sorry, but I disagree.

 

These little fellahs are fairly harmless.

 

Advise the customer to invest in a sack of sharp sand and put that down the holes. The voles will go, and the lawn will improve with the addition of the sand.

 

Kill, kill, kill......... not for me these days chaps

[DIDO.1 21,232]

Once people see a picture of a little vole with their cute faces most of them are happy to have the little dudes living in the garden. Iv never been called out to a lawn with huge amounts of holes though.