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Hedge Rows, Mice
Harvest Mice use a wide range of habitats and are excellent indicators of the health of their environment. They are found in places such as hedgerows, ditches, field-edges and roadside verges Nests are built by pregnant females, usually at night. The female shreds lengths of grass which are still attached to the stalk, using her incisors, while sitting on another stalk and supported by her hind feet and tail. Having shredded a large number of leaves in this way, she weaves them together to form an outer framework for the nest. Read on > Index Shrubs and Plants Mammals Insects Mice Voles Yellowhammers Cornbuntings Sparrows Robins Wrens Tits Snakes Hedgehog
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Harvest
Mice are the smallest British rodents, being just 5 to 7 cm in length and
weighing only 4 to 6 grams. They have a blunt nose and small hairy ears.