DIDO.1 22,864 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Has anyone know water voles using mole runs? Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Field voles I have, more so in long'ish grass. Quote Link to post
ratattack 111 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Surely they are too big to fit all but the biggest mole run. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Certain types of land, you will see they share a little bit, both live just under the surface, and why dig your self a tunnel when one's already been dug. It's maybe the other way round, moles finding Vole runs and getting to work on them, just an observation, not done any scientific studies on them. Lots of animals that share habitats will share runs. 1 Quote Link to post
nod 285 Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Yes they do use them, had a double in duffus, mole one end and vole other 1 Quote Link to post
Rowan 308 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 no not water voles , but it seams most other things , even had a toad in one , yuck. Quote Link to post
shropshire mole 190 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I find voles often take over old mole runs and then get calls for holes in the lawn Quote Link to post
nod 285 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Field voles will but I had a water vole and mole double Quote Link to post
Nicepix 5,650 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 In many areas of France water voles have become entirely terrestrial and will colonse mole tunnels and dig their own tunnel systems that are only slightly different to mole tunnels. They have been declared a major nuisance in many departments. https://translate.google.fr/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.campagnols.fr/le-campagnol-terrestre.html&prev=search As for what species you lot have trapped. I'm about to raise the bar 3 Quote Link to post
Tiercel 6,986 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 Going by that image either that snake has gone past one of your Putanges or entered the system from the hole you dug to place the traps? TC Quote Link to post
Nicepix 5,650 Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 It had got in between the clod and trap hole. The trap site is a long term affair, probably had twelve or thirteen moles in it over six months or so, and the clod shrinks over time and has to be replaced. Looks like the snake slipped in and went over the trap the wrong way. Probably pushed the trigger over with a convulsion as it wriggled through the tunnel. The customer found it before I did. It was just over five foot long. Some knowledgable folk on here identified it as an Aesculapian snake. 2 Quote Link to post
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