Very small rodent ID
On 21/8/08 21:20, in article ,
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: If anyone can suggest what this little thing is or point me at some pics, I'd love to show them to the children. TIA. Probably a juvenile. (Mouse!) Not a mouse. The closest seems to be the vole theory. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Very small rodent ID
On 23/8/08 00:52, in article ,
"Sacha" wrote: On 21/8/08 21:20, in article , "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: If anyone can suggest what this little thing is or point me at some pics, I'd love to show them to the children. TIA. Probably a juvenile. (Mouse!) Not a mouse. The closest seems to be the vole theory. Just checked with Ray. *Definitely* not a mouse, juvenile or otherwise, so we'll stick with the vole. Thanks everyone. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Very small rodent ID
"Sacha" wrote in message ... 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. |
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