JamesO'Neill
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!
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!