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Mammals - Fieldmice (also known as Wood Mice) Page 16
Image Taken on 12 Sep 2024
at 01:51 Image of day on 20 Oct 2024
A few sightings of Fieldmice (Wood Mice) at the hedge bottom taken over 90 minutes.
We have no idea whether this is the same or different mouse.
We notice 3 slugs on the ground - all from the right hand mouse original.
Over the decades we have seen many direct mouse-on-slug interactions, many of which
seem to be mice licking the apparently sweet (we haven't tried it!) mucus that coats
the slugs. Our best effort at catching this behaviour can be found at
http://www.moorhen.me.uk/imgofday/arch 2011 dec.htm#31
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Image Taken on 09 Sep 2010
at 20:22 Image of day on 02 Nov 2010
Carrot tends to get nibbled for a day or so before suddenly
disappearing. On the side of the tree stump is a harvestman
spider that looks like it has FAR too many legs because the legs
and their shadows looks very similar.
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Ref: 20101102_d35_20100909_2022_178_fb4 young fieldmouse (wood mouse) + carrot + harvestman spider with leg shadows(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 17 Nov 2017
at 22:28 Image of day on 30 Dec 2017
Fieldmice (Wood Mice) frequently take unusual interest in Leopard Slugs. We understand Slug
slime is quite sweet and nutritious, and the Mice may lick it from the slugs!
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Ref: 20171230_e63_20171117_2228_150_fb1 fieldmouse (wood mouse) + leopard slug(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 30 Apr 2010
at 23:02 Image of day on 01 Jun 2010
And the same evening a fieldmouse (wood mouse) made it to the tree-trunk top
and spent several minutes looking for food. Here he is eating a
fragment of soft fruit. A leopard slug and tiny worm have also
made the 1.5m ascent - no doubt much more slowly than the mouse.
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Ref: 20100601_d35_20100430_2302_017_fb4 fieldmouse (wood mouse) + leopard slug on trunk top + worm (q) on side (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Dec 2013
at 19:58 Image of day on 31 Jan 2014
We don't often catch slugs rearing up like this.
We think fieldmice (wood mice) like to lick the sweet slime - don't worry -
it wont bite it!
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Ref: 20140131_d50_20131213_1958_103_fb1 fieldmouse (wood mouse) + small slug with head raised(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Oct 2020
at 23:38 Image of day on 24 Nov 2020
At the same site we see here a 'normal' Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) accompanied by a 'Yellow
Slug'.
Only our second sighting ever of a Yellow slug, the first one a few weeks ago.
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Ref: 20201124_e63_20201011_2338_314_fb1 fieldmouse (wood mouse) + yellow slug + hawthorn berry(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image of day on 26 Dec 2005
A fieldmouse (wood mouse) sized Boxing day supper.
Even has blackberries out of the freezer for desert.
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Ref: 20051226_d3c_26588 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005dec23_22-07-34(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 27 Dec 2005
Taken an hour after 'yesterdays' image there
is still plenty on the table/log. For scale the
log is about 8cm high at this point and the mouse
can barely see over it.
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Ref: 20051227_d3c_26599 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005dec23_23-09-12(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 05 Oct 2005
The fieldmice (wood mice) have certainly found the new camera position to
their liking as has a robbin and (inevitably) some rabbits.
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Ref: 20051005_d3c_25147 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005oct02_21-24-24(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 06 Oct 2005
Another fieldmouse (wood mouse) with that wonderful mobile tail stretched out
behind.
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Ref: 20051006_d3c_25149 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005oct02_22-16-38(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 09 Oct 2005
We put out some stale shelled hazel-nuts and this mouse has
apparently nibbled his way in to take away the Kernel as
his prize.
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Ref: 20051009_d3c_25203 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005oct07_02-09-24(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 18 Oct 2005
We have zoomed in on the log to get some real close-ups
of the flood of fieldmice (wood mice).
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Ref: 20051018_d3c_25211 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005oct07_19-27-26(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 19 Oct 2005
Whole of the fieldmouse (wood mouse)'s tail this time.
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Ref: 20051019_d3c_25216 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005oct07_21-40-48(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 15 Sep 2005
The return of the fieldmice (wood mice) after not seeing any all summer -
better food and safer places to eat during the summer we expect.
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Ref: 20050915_d3c_14832 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005sep11_00-03-08(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 19 Sep 2005
Yes the fieldmice (wood mice) are definitely back, but only at
the distant camera site at the moment.
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Ref: 20050919_d3c_14855 fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) 2005sep11_23-17-30(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Sep 2013
at 00:55 Image of day on 03 Nov 2013
Do fieldmice (wood mice) salivate in anticipation of a juicy meal? We think
the earwig is about to be a midnight meal for the mouse, and we
see saliva dripping from the mouse's mouth.
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Ref: 20131103_d50_20130903_0055_102_fb1 fieldmouse (wood mouse) about to eat earwig (q) (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Feb 2011
at 19:18 Image of day on 14 Mar 2011
On the evening of the next day at the end of the same little
log we think this mouse was starting to leap onto the log.
Whatever it is actually up to, an unusual position to catch.
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Ref: 20110314_d5c_20110203_1918_132_fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) about to jump onto log (q)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 01 May 2009
at 20:45 Image of day on 28 May 2009
Is the top mouse about to use the bottom one as a trampoline?
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Ref: 20090528_d3b_20090501_2045_050 fb1 fieldmouse (wood mouse) about to jump onto or over another(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Aug 2011
at 20:50 Image of day on 02 Oct 2011
Next day, at about the same time, we have a sort of 'what
happened next' moment. We have no idea whether it is the same
mouse.
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Ref: 20111002_d45_20110815_2050_061_fb1 fieldmouse (wood mouse) about to land after 1 metre drop (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 23 Apr 2015
at 22:56 Image of day on 16 Jun 2015
If this leap was from the tree branch about 3 metres above the
image would be movement blurred even in the 1/1000 sec flash. So
this must be the end of a more moderate leap from the ground.
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Ref: 20150616_e64_20150423_2256_024_fb2 fieldmouse (wood mouse) about to land from leap (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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