With its meadows now full of wild flowers going to seed, Rodley Nature Reserve, to the west of Leeds, is a perfect habitat for harvest mice.
My photographs were taken in the visitor centre there where a large vivarium contains a captive colony. Since 2012, 900 harvest mice have been released here.
They build tennis-ball sized nests amongst the stems of reeds and grasses.
As it clambers about amongst vegetation, the harvest mouse uses its long tail to grasp stems.
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Harvest Mouse Introduction at Rodley
How beautiful the little harvest mouse is. It would be lovely to visit one day. Thankyou again for your blog which is always full of delightful, informative stories and beautiful illustrations.
The harvest mice are so acrobatic. I think that our resident voles are cute but put them on the scales and one vole would be heavier than three harvest mice!