Dave Bevan / Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) feeding from a bird feeder anlongside a Coal tit (Periparus ater) and Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Flip de Nooyer / Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) adult peering from burrow, Europe

Bruno D'Amicis / Red vole (Myodes glareolus) sitting on toadstools at the entrance to its den in hollow tree in old growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d...

Bruno D'Amicis / Red vole (Myodes glareolus) collecting leaves from leaf litter in old growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNE...

Chris Gomersall / Black-shouldered kite (Elanus caeruleus) adult pair engaged in food pass. Male (above) delivering vole to female. Hula Valley, Israel. January

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common vole (Microtus arvalis) adult, The Netherlands, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common vole (Microtus arvalis) adult, The Netherlands, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

Loic Poidevin / Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) in grass with Common vole (Microtus arvalis) Vendee, France, March

Kerstin Hinze / Common vole (Microtus arvalis), Lower Saxony, Germany, captive.

Kerstin Hinze / Common vole (Microtus arvalis) in field stubble, Lower Saxony, Germany, captive.

Kerstin Hinze / Common vole (Microtus arvalis) in field stubble, Lower Saxony, Germany, captive.

Kerstin Hinze / Common vole (Microtus arvalis) in burrow, Lower Saxony, Germany, August. Captive.