It's a big world out there for these tiny cuties.
The mice, Britain's smallest breed with a body only 1.5in long, were pictured in Wimborne, Dorset, by wildlife photographer Dean Mason.
Harvest Mouse, Micromys minutus Firstly, thanks to all of you who came up to me over the weekend and said how much you are enjoying this new blog. It seems you are happy for lots of photos, and so with that in mind here is another plethora of pictures for your perusing pleasure! Izzy found some fresh green corn in my old kennels last week, so I jumped on the chance of a bit of harvest mouse photography. I had something definite in mind... I won't say what, but I will say one of these got pretty close. Unfortunately the corn has now been tattered by the birds (yep, I didn't store it very well), but if I get the chance in the future, and get the shot I wanted, I will post it up. Close up in the Corn Harvest mice are great, and as I always tell people... even if you have an aversion to mice you can't help but think these little ones are adorable. They have the latin name Micromys minutus, very apt for a mouse so small. Harvest mice weigh around the same amount as a two pence coin! Harvest Mouse in the Corn I took a few with a small bunch of the corn, and tried with a couple of mice at once too. It worked okay, but I preferred what I was getting with just one mouse... and although it is more obviously a set, preferred also the ones with a single stem of corn. Placement of the Mouse I had Tom on hand one evening, and Lucy one afternoon to help with the set up. It is possible for me to do it alone, and the way we do it minimises the risk of losing the mouse to negligible levels, but it is nicer and easier for me if I know I don't have to worry about keeping an eye on the mouse while setting up etc. Harvest Mouse Washing We always use more than one mouse which we can rotate if necessary, and at any signs of upset or discomfort on the mouses part we swap them... and if needs be call the shoot to an end. But when they just settle in and wash themselves as above, you know it will be a good shoot. This is one of my favourites of the first evening. Just a simple portrait. Harvest Mouse on Corn And I like this one showing of the prehensile tail so well... Exploring the Corn ... as does this one too. They really make the use of this extra "limb" to the full. Pole Dancing While climbing up and down the stalk, when they suddenly turn to change direction they create some great shapes. It is almost as if they are pole dancing. Pole Dancing Great skills, and they do it with such ease. Harvest Mouse Adaptations Another of my favourites, showing off their adaptations. The tail once again, but also the feet. They have opposable thumbs on their hind feet that make it easier for them to grip on to the stalks. Pole Dancing And another showing the tail. The harvest mouse is the only mammal in Europe to have an prehensile tail. This means they can use it like an extra limb to grip on to things, they can even hang just from their tail and take their full weight if needed! Harvest Mouse Another of my favourites... yep, sorry, the fisheye was out again. Below are a couple of old favourites... About to Pop A very old one above, showing a pregnant harvest mouse days... possibly even hours before giving birth. Being so small to start with, they really do blow up in size. This one had a particularly large litter and was almost the size of a golf ball! Secret Keeper Possibly still my favourite harvest mouse photo I have taken. The mouse is actually washing her face while delicately balancing between the stalks of corn, but it looks like she may be holding in a secret desperately trying to get out. This photo was commended in the BWPA 2012 (Collection 3). Thanks for looking.
There is never a good time to find mice in your house, but the holidays are stressful enough without adding mice to the mix. Here are some ways you can avoid attracting the mice and ways to kick them out if they do sneak in.
When they're in our homes and eating our food, most consider mice to be repulsive pests. But out in their native fields and woodlands, mice are about as cute as it gets. Because of their adaptability and speed, they are one of the most wide-spread and successful mammal species on Earth.
Amateur photographer Matthew Gwilliam, from Cheddar, Somerset, took the intimate pictures of the harvest mice creatures on July 13.
It's a big world out there for these tiny cuties.
Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
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Bless the gray mouse that found her way into the recycle bin. Bless her tiny body, no bigger than my thumb, huddled and numb against the hard side. Bless her bright eye, a frightened gleaming that opened to me and the nest she made from shredded paper, all I could offer. Bless her last hours alone under the lamp with food and water near. Bless this brief life I might have ended had she stayed hidden inside the insulation. Bless her body returned to earth, no more or less than any creature. "Prayer for a Field Mouse" by Pat Riviere-Seel. Text as published in Nothing Below but Air: Poems (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2014). Reprinted by permission of the poet. Art credit: "Wood Mouse [Field Mouse] in the Netherlands," photograph by Rasbak.
The eight mice, which are a mere three to five centimetres long, are owned by amateur photographer Alex Meek, 31, who loves his furry friends like his very own family in Scarborough.
Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
“Harvest mice have so much character about them even though they are so small.”
It's a big world out there for these tiny cuties.
Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
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Photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert from Alsace, France, spent one year photographing harvest mice that were released from captivity into the wild
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The mice, Britain's smallest breed with a body only 1.5in long, were pictured in Wimborne, Dorset, by wildlife photographer Dean Mason.
Dean Mason, 51, snapped stunning pictures of harvest mice showing off their acrobatic ability as the perched on flowers and swung from stems in Wimborne, Dorset.
There once lived a mouse Who looked like a rat, Had a sunny disposition, And he wore a jaunty hat. He would leave his house, In the middle of the night, …
The Mouse & her mother had taken five bottles of their restorative Vin d'Aubépine round to Old Fox's cottage. They stood at the gate & shouted good wishes & village gossip & folk remedies at Old Fox, who was quite overcome at the rush of love he felt for his two small friends.
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Harvest Mouse, Micromys minutus Firstly, thanks to all of you who came up to me over the weekend and said how much you are enjoying this new blog. It seems you are happy for lots of photos, and so with that in mind here is another plethora of pictures for your perusing pleasure! Izzy found some fresh green corn in my old kennels last week, so I jumped on the chance of a bit of harvest mouse photography. I had something definite in mind... I won't say what, but I will say one of these got pretty close. Unfortunately the corn has now been tattered by the birds (yep, I didn't store it very well), but if I get the chance in the future, and get the shot I wanted, I will post it up. Close up in the Corn Harvest mice are great, and as I always tell people... even if you have an aversion to mice you can't help but think these little ones are adorable. They have the latin name Micromys minutus, very apt for a mouse so small. Harvest mice weigh around the same amount as a two pence coin! Harvest Mouse in the Corn I took a few with a small bunch of the corn, and tried with a couple of mice at once too. It worked okay, but I preferred what I was getting with just one mouse... and although it is more obviously a set, preferred also the ones with a single stem of corn. Placement of the Mouse I had Tom on hand one evening, and Lucy one afternoon to help with the set up. It is possible for me to do it alone, and the way we do it minimises the risk of losing the mouse to negligible levels, but it is nicer and easier for me if I know I don't have to worry about keeping an eye on the mouse while setting up etc. Harvest Mouse Washing We always use more than one mouse which we can rotate if necessary, and at any signs of upset or discomfort on the mouses part we swap them... and if needs be call the shoot to an end. But when they just settle in and wash themselves as above, you know it will be a good shoot. This is one of my favourites of the first evening. Just a simple portrait. Harvest Mouse on Corn And I like this one showing of the prehensile tail so well... Exploring the Corn ... as does this one too. They really make the use of this extra "limb" to the full. Pole Dancing While climbing up and down the stalk, when they suddenly turn to change direction they create some great shapes. It is almost as if they are pole dancing. Pole Dancing Great skills, and they do it with such ease. Harvest Mouse Adaptations Another of my favourites, showing off their adaptations. The tail once again, but also the feet. They have opposable thumbs on their hind feet that make it easier for them to grip on to the stalks. Pole Dancing And another showing the tail. The harvest mouse is the only mammal in Europe to have an prehensile tail. This means they can use it like an extra limb to grip on to things, they can even hang just from their tail and take their full weight if needed! Harvest Mouse Another of my favourites... yep, sorry, the fisheye was out again. Below are a couple of old favourites... About to Pop A very old one above, showing a pregnant harvest mouse days... possibly even hours before giving birth. Being so small to start with, they really do blow up in size. This one had a particularly large litter and was almost the size of a golf ball! Secret Keeper Possibly still my favourite harvest mouse photo I have taken. The mouse is actually washing her face while delicately balancing between the stalks of corn, but it looks like she may be holding in a secret desperately trying to get out. This photo was commended in the BWPA 2012 (Collection 3). Thanks for looking.
Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
“Harvest mice have so much character about them even though they are so small.”
The secret life of the harvest mouse: cute pictures by Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert.
Photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert lay patiently in meadows and reed beds close to their home for a year to capture some of the cute...
