Harvest Mouse
A small rodent native to Europe & typically found in fields of cereal crops. It has a naked, highly prehensile tail, which it uses for climbing. It is the smallest European rodent and weighs as little as 4 grams. It eats chiefly seeds and insects, but also nectar and fruit.
[Thanks to the WEWPC for the opportunity to photograph these amazing animals] Photographed at the West Country Wildlife photography centre.
