Just looked it up in Thorburn's Mammals and it must be either wood or house mouse. The ones I sometimes see dead when out for a walk must be harvest mice.
I think what I thought were harvest mice must be baby mice; used to get loads of dead ones in my London garden; there were many cats in the area. The one my dog caught is just greyish brown all over, no light colour on the belly.
Checked the cupboard this morning, no droppings, so keeping fingers crossed that the rest of them were killed by the mouse poison packet they helped themselves to.
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Field mice are white-ish underneath and that does look a bit robust for a field mouse.
I'd go for house mouse - have a look on here
http://www.northpennines.org.uk/Lists/DocumentLibrary/Attachments/183/Small_Mammal_ID_guide.pdf
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Just looked it up in Thorburn's Mammals and it must be either wood or house mouse. The ones I sometimes see dead when out for a walk must be harvest mice.
Harvest mice are very scarce - I've never seen one in the wild.
Wood/field mice are quite different to house mice when you look properly - what colour is the corpse's chest and belly fur?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just found this https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lincolnshire-Harvest-Mouse-Trust/186764621378347?sk=info
If you are finding dead Harvest Mice perhaps you should contact them?
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I think artjak's mouse is a house mouse too.
It looks exactly like the little body that got left on my kitchen floor this morning as I left the cat flap open.
I won't put a picture on of the remains (
), but the size seems right to me too.
I think what I thought were harvest mice must be baby mice; used to get loads of dead ones in my London garden; there were many cats in the area. The one my dog caught is just greyish brown all over, no light colour on the belly.
Then that's a house mouse - certain
One down, probably several to go - I do love a good Jack Russell
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Checked the cupboard this morning, no droppings, so keeping fingers crossed that the rest of them were killed by the mouse poison packet they helped themselves to.