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22-04-2008, 11:12 AM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London
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| |  Mouse or Rat?
Hi,
I saw this mouse/rat recently, can you confirm which of the two it is? I think rat, but I'm not quite sure...
I heard a rustling in a bush and thought it was a foraging blackbird or dunnock, then I saw a small mammal run off. I waited patiently and was rewarded with it's reappearance after five minutes. It was at the base of a bush and seemed to use it's tail to support itself as it climbed the base three or four inches.  
Any help will be great!
Take care,
Jason |
22-04-2008, 11:16 AM
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
Hi Jason, It looks like a wood mouse to me, I rescued an injured one that was in my garden a few months ago, think it was got by a cat, it didn't survive  |
22-04-2008, 11:34 AM
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
Thanks for the ID. I'm sorry to hear of it's death, but well done for rescuing it.
Last edited by Jason Green; 22-04-2008 at 11:47 AM.
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22-04-2008, 12:03 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kirk Michael, Isle of Man.
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
I think it is a woodmouse
Lovely little mice
Barbara |
22-04-2008, 12:30 PM
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
Grat, another new species for me!! |
22-04-2008, 03:05 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cromford, Derbyshire Dales
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
Looks like a woodmouse to me, gorgeous aren't they.
Shirl |
22-04-2008, 05:19 PM
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
Its definately a mouse although either a woodmouse or yellow necked mouse, they are very similar it looks alot like the latter. |
22-04-2008, 05:21 PM
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
I have woodmice in my garden, they are really cute and fun to watch. |
22-04-2008, 05:30 PM
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| | | Re: Mouse or Rat?
OK, so Woodmouse. It was seen in the area around 8 months ago and have been looking around for it, but have had no success until now. | | |
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