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someone · 04-11-2008, 10:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 21/8/08 23:48, in article ,
"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:55:48 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Looking out of the kitchen window today the children saw a tiny mouse
climbing, sitting for at least ten minutes in and then disappearing
from,
some ivy and jasmine climbing that wall. When they called me to see it,
I
thought they were going to show me an 'ordinary' mouse but this was tiny
with a very dark brown back and - given I had only a quick glimpse of it
moving - what I thought were quite large ears.

It would probably be a harvest mouse. They are tiny, have large ears
and vary in colour, including dark brown.

Steve

Very probable, I think. I've found one dark coated pic on Google but the
rest of those pages won't load. It was certainly not the honey coloured
coat type.

It could be a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), they have big ears and big
eyes.

s.