Monday, May 28, 2012

Mouse-catcher!

I continue to really enjoy putting the trailcam out - you never know what you're going to pick up. Yesterday evening I placed it by a tributary of the Western Yar River on Afton Marsh and retrieved it 24 hours later. There wasn't much footage on it....but there was a fascinating story:


A Wood Mouse turns up and has a sniff around. Later a black Cat appeared and, tragically for the Wood Mouse, managed to snaffle it up. Considering that it must be pitch-black, it shows just what amazing hunters cats can be!


A third mammal had shown up earlier....yup, you've guessed it - a Brown Rat! :-)

1 comment:

  1. The first video wouldn't play for me Steve, perhaps the link is broken.

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