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Image Taken on 03 Aug 2011 at 01:07    Image of day on 13 Sep 2011

Two nights running we have caught moments of real aggression between two mice at this site.


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Image Taken on 03 Apr 2008 at 22:54    Image of day on 22 Apr 2008

Whether they are squabbling or loving we are not really sure.


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Image Taken on 05 Dec 2007 at 19:03    Image of day on 04 Jan 2008

A couple of fieldmice (wood mice) having a squabble from either side of the log. Rory at the Woodland Trust suggests the title "The Two Mousekateers".


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Image Taken on 23 Nov 2007 at 17:54    Image of day on 27 Dec 2007

This couple of fieldmice (wood mice) look like they are having a bit of a squabble.


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Image Taken on 22 Dec 2006 at 19:47    Image of day on 03 Jan 2007

A rather muddled image of two fieldmice (wood mice) appearing to be having a squabble.


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Image Taken on 22 Feb 2007 at 22:27    Image of day on 03 Mar 2007

The loss of one (probably many more) to the Kestrel has had no noticeable effect on the numbers or behaviour.


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Image Taken on 04 Aug 2011 at 02:44    Image of day on 13 Sep 2011

How these two fieldmice (wood mice) can be fighting mid-leap each head to other tail we really don't know.


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Image Taken on 30 Sep 2011 at 21:17    Image of day on 17 Nov 2011

Not so sweet - the mouse on the right may be trying to gain an advantage by using to apple to gain some height over the opponent.


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Image Taken on 12 Sep 2011 at 23:22    Image of day on 29 Oct 2011

These 2 squabbling fieldmice (wood mice) remind us of Sumo wrestlers, or the avatars in 'Wii Sports Resort' fencing game, both trying to push their opponent out of the ring or off the edge!


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Image of day on 03 Feb 2005

Montage of 2 images from the same night of (possibly the same) fieldmouse (wood mouse) carrying off apple peel.


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Image Taken on 10 Mar 2010 at 18:47    Image of day on 10 Apr 2010

Three sweet little fieldmice (wood mice) quietly feeding (single frame).


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Image Taken on 10 Mar 2010 at 18:47    Image of day on 10 Apr 2010

But that is just a corner of the larger story ... Successive frames one minute apart show all 4 fieldmice (wood mice) deciding on a simultaneous rapid departure. Reason unknown, but other less graphic instances were the arrival of a badger.


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Image Taken on 07 Sep 2012 at 22:04    Image of day on 24 Oct 2012

We are convinced this whisker mingling is the Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) equivalent of a snog!


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Image Taken on 15 Jan 2008 at 18:06    Image of day on 15 Feb 2008

Wheee ... & we have not a clue what triggered this.


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Image Taken on 16 Oct 2017 at 05:08    Image of day on 24 Nov 2017

A couple of Fieldmice (Wood Mice) in the hours before dawn, practising spectacular leaps. Such ability might be very useful in escaping from the local Cat.


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Image Taken on 24 Nov 2022 at 18:22    Image of day on 25 Dec 2022

From 4 frames of Fieldmice (Wood Mice) over one night we build this little fun montage.


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Image Taken on 29 Oct 2018 at 18:03    Image of day on 20 Dec 2018

A somewhat arbitrary collection of Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) images taken over two nights.
A culinary delight for the Owls?


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Image Taken on 23 Aug 2011 at 22:31    Image of day on 15 Oct 2011

About the same time next night, we think two different mice


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Image Taken on 02 Nov 2011 at 17:13    Image of day on 13 Dec 2011

We often see fieldmice (wood mice) so close their whiskers must be touching. What a different world of sensations they inhabit.


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Image Taken on 12 Sep 2011 at 19:42    Image of day on 02 Nov 2011

A leaping mouse is watched by two on the ground


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