Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
This British Wood Mouse might not only live in woods, it also favours hedgerows and mature gardens! The wood mouse, also known as the long-tailed field mouse is mainly nocturnal and is known to venture indoors when it gets a bit nippy!

Wood mice usually spend the day resting in their burrows. Wood mice dig systems of burrows in which to store food and to provide a nesting chamber for their young. A female wood mouse may produce up to four litters a year although two litters of four to seven babies in more likely. The babies are fully weaned after three weeks being forced our by the mother! Several adult wood mice may live together in the same system of tunnels which will have two open entrances.

The wood mouse is mainly vegetarian, eating nuts, fruits, seeds, seedlings, and buds. When these are scarce, wood mice will also eat snails, earthworms and insects. They will fill their underground chambers with supplies of nuts and seeds to help them survive the winter.

This Wood Mouse image can also be found on our key rings and fridge magnets

For more facinating information about our native Wood Mouse, and questions and answers, visit the The Mammal Society website. They work to protect British mammals, halt the decline of threatened species, and advise on all issues affecting British Mammals.

NH02 (120mm x 120mm)

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