P.A. Kelly 1984 Journal July 5 Met JSF at UCG at 9am and we drove to Larbert House Estate across the Shannon Estuary in Co Kerry (2 hrs from Galway). We got permission from the owners (the Rosleys) to trap for bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus. We set fourteen lines of 10 longworths (5 spaces apart) baited with oats, in Bracken and Bramble throughout the estate. We got the Larbert-Killinor Ferry back across the estuary at 4.30pm (£7.50 return). The ferry leaves Killinor on the hr. every hr., and Larbert on the 1/2 hr. every hr. Warm, and sunny throughout the day. July 6 JSF and I were back in Larbert at 12.30pm and started checking traps. We were surprised to find a very low trap success. We got seven live voles, two dead ones, and one fieldmouse Apodemus sylvaticus. We decided to have lunch and leave the traps down for another two hours. We were rewarded with only one more vole. Again the weather was dry and sunny, but I was going crazy with a heavy head cold. July 7 Cathy and I July 8 made study skins from our Larbert voles, we also collected liver, kidneys, spleen & heart for electrophoresis back at the H.V.Z. We also tried to get blood but initial quantities were too small.