Pygmy shrew?

[Janec]

Hi,
Is this a pygmy shrew?
Thanks

[Wild-Woman]

Think it's a little big for a Pygmy, so I'd say Common. Let others see though.

[RoyW]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Think it's a little big for a Pygmy, so I'd say Common. Let others see though.

Could just be someone with a very small in the photo though!]

I agree - from what we can see it is probably a little large for Pygmy shrew.

[The Woodman]

I think it's a Common Shrew too, based on the size scaled against the fingers.

[Janec]

Thanks everybody.
They're my husband's hands, sort of average size for a fella I suppose.
We're not very posh so might of known it would be the "common" sort if it's in our garden
Jane

[Wild-Woman]

May be common, but it's still a protected animal, like all shrews are. Schedule 6 I believe.
So quite a posh mammal really!

[Janec]

Thanks Wild-Woman,
I feel much better now

[vole-woman]

Nice to see one alive. The ones I usually see are dead!

[Janec]

Hi vole-woman,
This one was very much alive. I inadvertently put it in my car (it was hiding in a box of plants) and it took us over 24 hours to catch it after it got up behind the dashboard and in and out of every other tiny hole in the car.
When we eventually had it cornered my husband tried to scoop it into a container and it ran up the inside of the sleeve of his jumper. While he was hastily removing his jumper I grabbed the camera, (I like to be helpful)

[Billabong Karen]

Originally Posted by Janec

Hi vole-woman,
This one was very much alive. I inadvertently put it in my car (it was hiding in a box of plants) and it took us over 24 hours to catch it after it got up behind the dashboard and in and out of every other tiny hole in the car.
When we eventually had it cornered my husband tried to scoop it into a container and it ran up the inside of the sleeve of his jumper. While he was hastily removing his jumper I grabbed the camera, (I like to be helpful)

Haha! Great