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

The leaping mouse is unusually sharp, and we think the detail is worth a closer look.


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Image Taken on 10 Nov 2013 at 18:09    Image of day on 30 Dec 2013

"Clear the landing pad!"


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Image Taken on 22 Aug 2011 at 22:54    Image of day on 15 Oct 2011

Fieldmice (Wood Mice) can be delightfully affectionate to one another. It all seems very quick to us, but they live at a different pace.
"Are you Awake?"


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Image Taken on 29 Sep 2008 at 18:53    Image of day on 20 Oct 2008

Domestic bliss before its even properly dark (NOT a montage).


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Image Taken on 13 Nov 2008 at 23:47    Image of day on 03 Dec 2008

Did we say something to upset you?


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Image Taken on 30 Jan 2010 at 18:40    Image of day on 10 Mar 2010

One mouse is eating an (unripe?) berry we haven't identified - it was NOT put out as 'bait'.


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Image of day on 14 Mar 2005

We have no idea what startled these two fieldmice (wood mice).


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Image Taken on 19 Sep 2007 at 19:59    Image of day on 23 Oct 2007

Our acrobat mice continue their ... err ... acrobatics.


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Image Taken on 24 Mar 2007 at 19:54    Image of day on 11 Apr 2007

The fieldmice (wood mice) continue to show their amazing athleticism.


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Image Taken on 08 Jan 2019 at 17:09    Image of day on 12 Feb 2019

Probably a male Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) in the air, showing off to his prospective female. Another mouse a little further away (middle right) seems oblivious to the whole affair.


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Image Taken on 16 Jun 2007 at 21:38    Image of day on 03 Jul 2007

Another rain storm floods our little site. The fieldmouse (wood mouse) in the air has a paw between us and the nearest mouse,so we wish we had another photo 1 second later as it landed in the puddle!


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Image Taken on 27 Mar 2007 at 20:01    Image of day on 16 Apr 2007

The Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) at both sites (100m apart so must be separate nests) continue to amaze us.


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