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Mammals - Fieldmice (also known as Wood Mice) Page 18

Image Taken on 14 Jun 2007 at 00:06 Image of day on 29 Jun 2007

Wet night brings out the slugs and mice.

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Image Taken on 20 Sep 2007 at 22:34 Image of day on 24 Oct 2007

Almost the hare and the tortoise. Many later images (snails don't rush!) show the snail survived the encounter unscathed.

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Image Taken on 27 Oct 2012 at 21:57 Image of day on 03 Dec 2012

Fieldmice (Wood Mice) might nibble Sweet Chestnut kernels if they had the opportunity before a squirrel takes them to bury

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Image Taken on 22 Oct 2013 at 19:02 Image of day on 16 Dec 2013

"Can I have a little nibble?"

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Image Taken on 13 Sep 2018 at 04:26 Image of day on 03 Nov 2018

From 14 images of Fieldmice (Wood Mice) over 3 days we build this little collection.

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Image Taken on 24 Feb 2026 at 17:59 Image of day on 03 Apr 2026

Exactly one pic of a Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) in the whole week, and a lovely twee moment it is.

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Image Taken on 28 Aug 2023 at 21:39 Image of day on 24 Oct 2023

The Fieldmice (Wood Mice) are back at the Hedge Bottom. On this night just the single visit

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Image Taken on 21 Aug 2023 at 04:15 Image of day on 17 Oct 2023

This is the first (and so far only) sighting of a Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) for weeks - fortunately a rather delightful effort.

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Image Taken on 04 Oct 2024 at 20:06 Image of day on 13 Nov 2024

Two Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) visits a quarter-of-an-hour apart at the hedge bottom make an attractive if misleading portrait. It looks to us like the same mouse each time.

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Image Taken on 22 Dec 2014 at 17:23 Image of day on 02 Feb 2015

At another site this Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) caught in mid-leap - this is a wide view including the shadow of the mouse on the ground at the right.

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Image Taken on 22 Dec 2014 at 17:23 Image of day on 02 Feb 2015

A close view of the little fellow. Isn't he/she lovely?

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Image Taken on 24 Sep 2011 at 23:05 Image of day on 11 Nov 2011

A sweet little mouse dwarfed by a couple of ordinary sized windfall apples that have obviously been pecked by assorted birds

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Image Taken on 22 Nov 2006 at 21:02 Image of day on 26 Nov 2006

This fieldmouse (wood mouse) has found a half peanut the birds missed and is streaking off with it.

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Image Taken on 08 Sep 2022 at 05:18 Image of day on 13 Oct 2022

The hedge bottom shows far less Rodent activity, but we rather liked this one of a Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) carrying off a whole Blackberry

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Image Taken on 16 May 2007 at 01:41 Image of day on 27 May 2007

These cherries weigh about 8gm and the mouse looks mid size of range 13 to 27gm so it is probably carrying 40% of its own weight in its mouth.

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Image Taken on 29 Jan 2010 at 20:36 Image of day on 02 Mar 2010

Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) taking off with a stale Christmas hazelnut. Different creatures open nuts in different ways - Google search for

    hazelnut AND dormouse AND vole AND "wood mouse"

to find description and illustrations of how they each open the nut.

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Image Taken on 08 May 2016 at 23:47 Image of day on 16 Jun 2016

Wow - that is a big piece of carrot for a tiny mouse, and we suspect that it may be being more dragged than carried.

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Image Taken on 28 Mar 2015 at 02:53 Image of day on 14 May 2015

Much less elegantly, this Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) is carrying off this whopping piece of fruit which it has lifted up from the ground behind the log.

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Image Taken on 11 Jul 2007 at 00:23 Image of day on 28 Jul 2007

Could this fieldmouse (wood mouse) cram any more food into its mouth?

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Image Taken on 28 Mar 2011 at 21:04 Image of day on 26 Apr 2011

At another site under a hedge the mouse carries off what may be a cherry pip, but could be some other fruit.

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