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Mammals - Fieldmice (also known as Wood Mice) Page 20

Image Taken on 01 Jan 2010 at 21:31 Image of day on 29 Jan 2010

This rock looks so small to us (even if it is currently stuck fast to the icy ground) but we can hardly stop ourselves thinking that the mouse is trying to push it.

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Image of day on 27 Jan 2005

A fieldmouse (wood mouse) in the dark of night.

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Image Taken on 08 Nov 2008 at 22:01 Image of day on 30 Nov 2008

Entry for twee fieldmouse (wood mouse) of the week.

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Image Taken on 27 Jul 2007 at 21:48 Image of day on 25 Aug 2007

Mmm - make your own caption!

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Image Taken on 05 Sep 2006 at 23:36 Image of day on 16 Sep 2006

Is this fieldmouse (wood mouse) practising for a Cirque du Soleil ball walking audition? Perhaps it doesn't know Cirque only includes humans.

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Image Taken on 06 Jul 2009 at 02:33 Image of day on 10 Aug 2009

Its a long way up for this fieldmouse (wood mouse) now we have filled in the trough under the log.

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Image Taken on 05 Jan 2009 at 20:54 Image of day on 26 Jan 2009

A young mouse clambers up the end of the log.

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Image Taken on 31 Aug 2007 at 19:38 Image of day on 28 Sep 2007

A fieldmouse (wood mouse) clinging to the end of the log. For scale - the red slice is a small crab apple.

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Image Taken on 29 Jan 2016 at 18:03 Image of day on 02 Mar 2016

The Fieldmice (Wood Mice) continue their food collection and caching. This is two images 45 minutes apart of we think the same mouse with corn gripped in the lips. The tiny mouth is probably full of 1 or 2 more of them.

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Image Taken on 10 Feb 2008 at 00:48 Image of day on 09 Mar 2008

The mice have returned to their normal manic behaviour.

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Image Taken on 07 Jan 2016 at 17:27 Image of day on 13 Feb 2016

A fieldmouse (wood mouse) showing off to its potential mate?
The blurring on the front of the leaping mouse is most likely the effect of a water drop or mark on the glass window of the camera box.

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Image Taken on 24 Dec 2012 at 16:54 Image of day on 24 Jan 2013

Frequent heavy rain floods the photo sites and creates some interesting behaviour.
"Have a drink?"

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Image Taken on 16 Feb 2013 at 17:58 Image of day on 01 Apr 2013

A little fun for April Fools day - but a genuine un-fudged single frame
The Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) on the ground looks like it is taking evading action to avoid the incredible stretched out nest mate about to land.

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Image Taken on 05 May 2007 at 21:23 Image of day on 19 May 2007

A fieldmouse (wood mouse) tucking into one of last years frozen cherries we stored for the animals.

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Image of day on 13 Feb 2005

A Feast - a whole corn grain.

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Image Taken on 10 Jun 2007 at 21:12 Image of day on 26 Jun 2007

You can see the nibble marks where this fieldmouse (wood mouse) eats the flesh off this piece of apple peel.

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Image Taken on 24 Sep 2010 at 19:40 Image of day on 16 Nov 2010

Sticky fingers (well paws anyway)!

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Image Taken on 24 Sep 2019 at 22:19 Image of day on 14 Nov 2019

The Blackberry fruit season is upon us with enough to make a batch of Blackberry Jelly. So the pips and skins get strained out and offered to the wildlife that just LOVES it.

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Image Taken on 30 Aug 2006 at 21:21 Image of day on 05 Sep 2006

Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) making a feast of a few corn grains the birds didn't take.

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Image Taken on 07 Jan 2008 at 05:54 Image of day on 05 Feb 2008

Overnight storm over, a fieldmouse (wood mouse) comes out in the still black hours to clamber through the fallen twigs to find a sodden grain to eat.

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