Want to do some exercise that gets you out of doors and helps wildlife? I’m a volunteer at the Gunnersbury Triangle nature reserve, managed by the London Wildlife Trust. I’ve been going on Tuesdays for a couple of years and I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve learnt a lot about conservation, am getting much better at […]
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Vole Patrol is back! We gathered on Tuesday 6th to set up, trying to put traps in exactly the same places as before. We provided free food and bedding for three days (although some were inclined to bring their own bedding, fallen leaves apparently being more desirable than straw). Then we started trapping, visiting at
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Friday 11 was our last morning at Gunnersbury Triangle. Still no shrews or voles, sadly but many wood mice – over the 5 days, 42 were captured & marked and 4 escaped before marking. Many of the 14 wood mice on our last day were returners but we had 5 new arrivals and one frequent flyer
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How can you tell if a wood mouse visits a trap more than once? In my previous post, I referred a bit cryptically to clipping fur for identification purposes. You may be wondering how that works. Well here goes. We divide the mouse’s back into 6 areas: left and right at shoulder, middle and rear.
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And so Monday morning dawns – the first night that our traps have been catching any visitors. We gather at 0630, a little blurry eyed and slightly feeling the cold, to see who had been tempted in by the snacks & warm bed. Huma, our project leader, was full of energy & enthusiasm – impressive given that
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