LIDICKER 1972 March 14 cont. back to the pier where Marnie was just coming in. There are no voles on Egilsay according to our hosts, but there are shrews (so judged by their description). It was about 1830 before we got back to Kirkwall. After "high tea" at the hotel we went to Stence's to taste some ice. Actually got to bed by 2330. March 15 Took Helen to airport where she took Loganair flight to N. Ronaldsay. I returned about 1 mi. toward Kirkwall & stopped to look at the study area of Mr. Fred Rose, Biology teacher in Kirkwall, but lives in Deerness. He is studying Orkney voles, Microtus arvalis. There is a high density judging by sign on the banks of a small artificial pond in the general vicinity - which is his study area. I heard a few voles, but didn't see any. Then I drove to Deerness which is a peninsula on the SE end of the mainland connected by a large sandbar to the mainland. I drove around looking for farmers who were mowing "corn" so I could catch mice. Saw 3 Lethrus emarginatus on the way (on the mainland). It was raining slightly, but cleared up later & most of the day was beautiful. Caught about 17 mice in the morning in going through parts of stacks. Then drove to Burray, stopping along the way to eat my lunch. I rode around most of Burray but could find no one picking up grain stacks. Returned to