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Mammals - Fieldmice (also known as Wood Mice) Page 13

Image Taken on 07 Mar 2007 at 19:57 Image of day on 24 Mar 2007

Can you find the third fieldmouse (wood mouse)? It is possibly pleased the one above didn't land on him, a bit like we feel about helicopter pilots practicing over our patch.

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Image Taken on 09 Mar 2007 at 18:36 Image of day on 22 Mar 2007

The fieldmice (wood mice) are obviously feeling very frisky (as if that is anything limited to Spring).

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Image Taken on 20 May 2013 at 21:27 Image of day on 01 Jul 2013

No idea what is going on here - a un-fudged single frame of one fieldmouse (wood mouse) in a vertical leap over another on the ground.

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Image Taken on 12 Jan 2012 at 16:38 Image of day on 15 Feb 2012

After years of seeing Robins always chasing away any mice, suddenly this robin just ignores the mice in several frames.

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Image Taken on 17 Sep 2022 at 21:58 Image of day on 25 Oct 2022

Proper detail of the obvious individual above.
Doing the "Indian tail trick"?

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Image Taken on 01 Dec 2020 at 16:37 Image of day on 05 Jan 2021

Maybe the Barn Owl was hoping to find a final Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) before the end of the night, but this portrait was from the hedge-bottom site rarely visited by Owls.

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Image Taken on 10 Oct 2020 at 02:03 Image of day on 20 Nov 2020

This Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) displays whiskers of impressive length.

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Image Taken on 25 Dec 2013 at 19:47 Image of day on 11 Feb 2014

The mice mostly appear at night, scouring the area of the remaining food (and finding it caught in cracks). This one has a corn grain by it's right front paw.

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Image Taken on 26 May 2010 at 01:21 Image of day on 04 Jul 2010

Very gymnastic position balanced (or at least moving slowly) on the back feet over a gully.

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Image Taken on 13 Dec 2009 at 02:26 Image of day on 14 Jan 2010

Fieldmice (Wood Mice) seem to take these heavy landings in their stride.

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Image Taken on 03 Apr 2009 at 02:07 Image of day on 22 Apr 2009

Oh well, I suppose I can lick up some of this peanut grit.

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Image Taken on 23 Jan 2009 at 01:01 Image of day on 10 Feb 2009

Twee fieldmouse (wood mouse) entry for this week.
Ever wondered what the world is like for a little creature with such magnificent whiskers?

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Image Taken on 11 Jan 2009 at 21:25 Image of day on 29 Jan 2009

Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) quietly nibbling in the night. The orange fragments are lentils.

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Image Taken on 04 Nov 2008 at 22:31 Image of day on 28 Nov 2008

Another corn grain becomes a feast.

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Image Taken on 14 Oct 2008 at 03:34 Image of day on 01 Nov 2008

The Fieldmice (Wood Mice) visit both sites every night. You realise these are what you may know of as Wood Mice?

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Image Taken on 18 Jul 2008 at 03:01 Image of day on 30 Jul 2008

Not seeing so many mice at the moment. This one seems to have found some small piece of peanut (?) and is nibbling away.

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Image Taken on 12 Jun 2008 at 22:42 Image of day on 26 Jun 2008

Not much by way of acrobatics from the fieldmice (wood mice) recently, but still sweet. We plan to move this camera 10-15m soon (the current site is badly eroded and in a water run-off) and do hope they follow).

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Image Taken on 12 Apr 2008 at 20:49 Image of day on 30 Apr 2008

The fieldmice (wood mice) are now making several visits most nights, so here is a sample.

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Image Taken on 15 Mar 2008 at 03:59 Image of day on 06 Apr 2008

Another entry for 'Miss Winsome Whiskers of 2008'?

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Image Taken on 06 Feb 2008 at 22:47 Image of day on 03 Mar 2008

The fieldmice (wood mice) are making occasional appearances. This must be the first 'Miss Winsome Whiskers of 2008' entry.

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