Bank Voles in Offaly

Eddie B

Was out for a walk yesterday and was suprised to find a dead Bank Vole at the edge of the road! I didn't know that they had spread to this part of the country! Has anyone any information on how quickly their moving across the country?

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You may get what you want here.
http://invasives.biodiversityireland.ie

I thought they were still just confined to the south west.

An Fhuiseog

Eddie B wrote: »

Was out for a walk yesterday and was suprised to find a dead Bank Vole at the edge of the road! I didn't know that they had spread to this part of the country! Has anyone any information on how quickly their moving across the country?

It might not be any harm to record your find on the National Biodiversity Database - you can do so on the link that Srameen has given above.
Here's a page from the National Biodiversity site showing the present known distribution of Bank Voles: http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/#/Species/119785

It would appear that quite a few have been seen in the south midlands thus far.

Capercaille

http://westoffalyraptorstudy.blogspot.ie/
Interesting info here.

Eddie B

Capercaille wrote: »

http://westoffalyraptorstudy.blogspot.ie/
Interesting info here.

Thats very interesting reading, and that was written in 2012 so their here a while now!