Big dry passages, lots of bats and spiders, we even
saw a shrew
in the cave.
Britain's
tiny, secretive water shrew
leaves few signs and is under threat through habitat loss and pollution.
Shrew people
4000 years ago brought a new dimension of leisure.
There are healthy populations of hedgehogs, moles, field mice, common and
pigmy shrews, and short-tailed and bank voles.
A number of small mammals will also now be present,
including shrews
( left ), voles and mice.
Also first mammal casualty of the year - a
common shrew
brought in by the cat.
Herefordshire water
shrew survey
the water shrew survey
the water shrew is herefordshire's, and britain's, least known land mammal.
The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at jumping downs and
pygmy shrew
were found at some of the reptile survey sites!
Finding water shrews
is difficult as they tend to remain hidden in burrows and among vegetation.
Come, jack, lean ye on my shoulder, ye
poor shrew.
In common with other
shrew species, water shrew species, water shrews are protected under schedule 6 of the wildlife and countryside act ( 1981 ).
Water shrews
often anchor themselves to rocks or plant stems to remain under water.
The
old shrew
has never allowed me egress to her premises.
Animals used have mainly been cats and monkeys, but chickens and
tree shrews
also have been used.
Shrews are notoriously small, ( the pygmy
white-toothed shrews are notoriously small, ( the pygmy
white-toothed shrew
is the smallest extant mammal weighing a mere 2-3 grams at adult weight ).
Have competition with rob for silliest animal:
elephant shrew
wins.
There are nearly 5,000 species of mammals the
smallest shrew
weighing only 1.75 grams, the largest whale up to 140 tons.
The
otter shrews
are also found in west and central africa.
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