WOOD MOUSE

A Wood Mouse on the patio that had been given a sleeping draft by my cat.  

You can tell it's a mouse by the long scaly tail and the big ears.  A vole has a shorter, furry tail and very small ears.

I put him on the garden wall and he seemed to perk up.

In the German town of Walldorf there is now to be an annual ban from May till August on cats leaving the house at all, in order to protect the rare crested lark in the area.

Cats in this country kill a lot of mice and voles as well as birds.

The RSPB have created a well-balanced web page on this controversial subject. Here  is a link.