someone stole the bedding ;o)
The area being examined today was under 4ft of water during the summer, and produced a larger number of mammals than expected, however quite of few of them were young mammals. It rained most the night and most of the morning, but still 10 members braved the weather! The third trap of the day produced both a wood mouse and a bank vole together (this is only the second time this has been found in Staffordshire) Something was trying to foil the mammal groups trapping efforts and 4 traps had materials blocking the entrance tunnel, although no mammal or poo was found. Several other traps had been turned over on their roofs. One trap ( A Longworth) had been separated from it tunnel and all the bedding has been removed. A case of revenge of the mammals? It just goes to show that we keep learning, and are still trying to figure out what small mammals get up to each day
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