Harvest Mice

This is a Bath Natural History Society talk; tickets £3 on the door.

Harvest mice are Britain’s smallest rodents. They live among tall grasses and shrubs where they weave an intricate cricket ball-sized nest above the ground. They used to be abundant, but numbers have reduced due to agricultural intensification and an over-tidying of the countryside.

Peter Cooper has been involved in breeding harvest mice for re-introduction into historic and newly restored habitats.