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Image Taken on 01 Jan 2012 at 16:24    Image of day on 29 Jan 2012

Corn grain eaten like we would tackle of whole corn cob.


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Image Taken on 01 Jan 2012 at 17:02    Image of day on 29 Jan 2012

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Image Taken on 05 Nov 2013 at 17:17    Image of day on 24 Dec 2013

A clear view of the golden corn fragment about to be nibbled to fuel this Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) during the cold night.


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Image Taken on 16 Dec 2010 at 00:49    Image of day on 07 Feb 2011

Down in the undergrowth at night a ridiculously twee fieldmouse (wood mouse) with a corn grain in it's paws.


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Image Taken on 12 Sep 2013 at 00:49    Image of day on 15 Nov 2013

Corn grain in paws, this fieldmouse (wood mouse) nibbles elegantly around midnight. Meanwhile 3 slugs radulate their way along in the wet after rain.


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Image Taken on 27 Dec 2011 at 03:52    Image of day on 24 Jan 2012

3 creatures selecting their favourites from the menu.
A favourite food of the Fieldmice (Wood Mice): Corn grains


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Image Taken on 01 Sep 2017 at 03:48    Image of day on 21 Oct 2017

In the dark of the small hours, a Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) feasts on a single corn kernel.


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Image Taken on 10 Aug 2010 at 01:55    Image of day on 22 Sep 2010

This time we can see no other explanation.


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Image Taken on 08 Oct 2007 at 01:12    Image of day on 09 Nov 2007

We have been putting out fresh twigs of various hedge fruits each day for whatever wants. Here a fieldmouse (wood mouse) is nibbling at a single elderberry in it's paws.


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Image Taken on 03 Feb 2013 at 18:09    Image of day on 14 Mar 2013

Twee or what?


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Image Taken on 06 Sep 2011 at 20:08    Image of day on 22 Oct 2011

Eat at the snack bar
A corn-grain makes a little feast for this fieldmouse (wood mouse)


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Image Taken on 23 Aug 2011 at 21:30    Image of day on 13 Oct 2011

Fieldmice (Wood Mice) have been all over the place last & this week and a bit of rain (about 12mm = half inch) has brought out the slugs and snails as well.


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Image Taken on 27 Jan 2024 at 18:10    Image of day on 07 Mar 2024

Just a single Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) image at the hedge bottom this whole week, and it turns out to be this little delight.


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Image Taken on 02 Jan 2014 at 19:16    Image of day on 20 Feb 2014

Looks rather tasty even to us (the fruit, not the slug)!


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Image Taken on 21 Dec 2012 at 16:45    Image of day on 25 Jan 2013

A corn grain makes a whole meal for a Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse).


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Image Taken on 01 Apr 2006 at 19:53    Image of day on 09 Apr 2006

Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) nibbling at a peanut, possibly saving a blackberry (thawed from the freezer) for 'sweet'.


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Image Taken on 03 Jan 2014 at 17:16    Image of day on 20 Feb 2014

Mouth open in anticipation?


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Image Taken on 29 Nov 2016 at 18:14    Image of day on 07 Jan 2017

The switch from November to December brought 3 days of almost continuous freezing weather.
Does this Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) wish his tail was more like a big fluffy Squirrel's, or is he keeping his tail warm against his body?


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Image Taken on 06 Mar 2010 at 22:14    Image of day on 13 Apr 2010

You don't often get this good a view of what a mouse is eating. In this case potato peel.


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Image Taken on 18 May 2010 at 02:33    Image of day on 18 Jun 2010

Converting frozen blackberries into bramble jelly creates loads of strained pulp and pips that go out over a day or 2 as a treat for our guests.


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