9 people took part in the last event for national mammal week small mammal trapping at The National Memorial Arboretum. 40 Longworth traps had been set the night before and although most of the site had been under water from the floods we managed to catch 10 wood mice—mostly adult males, 5 bank voles and 1 common shrew. Nearly every body had a go at handling. In the afternoon a walk round the rest of the site found evidence of foxes, otters and badgers as well as 5 hares. Moles were present on site having managed to stay on dry ground but little evidence of field voles which we imagine suffered dramatically from the floods.
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