Baby Harvest Mouse... - a photo on Flickriver

            So... After coffee, cook and I started walking down the path towards Avalon hide, we spotted an elderly couple poking  around in the grass beside the track with a stick. I stopped to ask what they'd spotted, harvest mice they replied. Sure enough, spread along the undergrowth, five tiny baby Harvest mice were trying to hang on to leaves and stems... 

These guys were really small, no more than 8 - 10 days old and too young to be out and about. They were all very weak and hungry, and in dire need of help... With no adults or nest in sight and with a magpie in the bushes above, that clearly had his eye on them too, something had to be done and quick. Cook went off to find a warden, and I offered them some squished blackberries which they eagerly took and ate. 

Cook returned with the warden and a box, he made a phone call to 'Secret World', and we took the little fellas there in the car... 
Fingers crossed they'll make it through the night.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Somerset (show map)

Taken on: September 17, 2016

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/8.0, 1/1328 sec, 600mm, ISO 500, 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1328)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	500, 500
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Partial
Color Space:	sRGB
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