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What rodent is this?

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    #62
    Andreas77
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    Hoping to get a better look please, try to discern more, is difficult from those shots


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    #63
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    few more. No fear at all, ran towards me twice, only changing direction when I pulled back.


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    #64
    pc7
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    God it’s huge!


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    #65
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    Now I'm wondering if he's a field vole. Tiny legs on him.


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    #66
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    Otto Brave Gesture wrote: »
    few more. No fear at all, ran towards me twice, only changing direction when I pulled back.
    It's a very well fed fat mouse.


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    #67
    fritzelly
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    Those ears - its a vole
    pc7 wrote: »
    God it’s huge!
    First pic definitely needed a warning


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    #68
    lyoness
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    a brown mouse? he is very cute.

    https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=m2TtiUGY&id=17A3369E94AF6DF2FD311E435B99358C34E0EC4D&thid=OIP.m2TtiUGYmh3cTOYzvYQmTAHaLH&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fluentin3months.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2015%2f02%2fmousey1.jpg&exph=3299&expw=2199&q=Brown+Mouse&simid=608010688000887288&selectedIndex=1&ajaxhist=0


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    #69
    Andreas77
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    Marvellous. Thanks for the pictures. That creature is a sweetheart.


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    #70
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    cjmc wrote: »
    Is that a dormouse then. I've only seen field mice a couple of times years ago but that doesn't seem like I remember.

    It is, without doubt, a Wood Mouse (also called a long tailed field mouse) Apodemus sylvaticus.


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    #71
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Chisler2 wrote: »
    Endangered species these days, due to changes in agriculture!!

    It is certainly not on our endangered species list.


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    #72
    Figerty
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    Oakley Microscopic Theatre wrote: »
    It is certainly not on our endangered species list.

    He will be if you get a cat..


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    #73
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    Well that's it really. There are foxes and feral cats here. My dog has a high prey drive and has caught quite a few birds and a squirrel. The thick bramble and nettle cover he must have been living in has been cleared. Overall I don't know where to put them that gives them a decent chance of survival.


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    #74
    Acquired
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    That cute little creature is a Bank Vole.

    They are rare enough on the island of Ireland.


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    #75
    listermint
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    Acquired wrote: »
    That cute little creature is a Bank Vole.

    They are rare enough on the island of Ireland.

    It does indeed look like a bank vole.

    It's very cute.

    Reminds me of a childhood hamster called taz. Rip taz.


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    #76
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
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    Acquired wrote: »
    That cute little creature is a Bank Vole.

    They are rare enough on the island of Ireland.

    Yes definitely looks like one to me too.

    OP they do well with ground cover like hedges or in woodland/forest and they tend to make a winter stash of food too so you might find that nearby.

    Get rid of the food source and go with a humane trap and set it directly in the area where you've seen him already.


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    #77
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    Field vole

    Ground around garage was cleared with a digger.


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    #78
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    This little guy is even smaller. Hopefully he will do ok and wasn't too far from his family where I let him out the other side of my garden.


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    #79
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    Caught another one this morning, an adult this time, so hopefully he'll find the baby one in the bushes.

    They are so tiny I will need to revisit the seal on the garage door. I've read that a rat can squeeze through any gap the size of their skull. If anything similar is true with these guys they would get in through pretty tiny gaps. Not the there is any food in there except bait now.


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