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Cold Mouse

I found this baby field mouse shivering in the middle of a path. Too young to have left the nest already, with his eyes till not open, it looks like he's hugging himself to conserve heat - but he's really washing his whiskers and this is one of the movements involved in doing so.

I popped him into cover in the hope that his mummy might find him, rather than a kestrel or grass snake!

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Uploaded on August 17, 2014
Taken on August 15, 2014