First!

Not the first as in the first day of the year although it is of course, but first as in the first vole I have blipped.
A very quiet night last night as my wife is still recovering from flu, but about ten o’clock Mittens, our cat, came in with this wee beauty.
At first I thought she might be dead or dying as she was very bedraggled and not moving.
However, I lifted her into a box with bedding, food and some water and placed her in a warm place.
First thing this morning, I checked on her and she seemed fine. She was not trying to jump out like mice, more trying to burrow.
I took her to a wood about two miles away which was nice and dry and when I released her, she ran away and hid under some twigs.
Such a lovely way to start the year