todays wildlife

[rapidlee]

had a great day today doing some clearance work. found a blue tits nest and a dormouse.

[David Humphries]

great shots Lee, amazed you manged to get such a close up

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

awsome dorrmous, lovin it, jammy jammy toad!

[Stephen Blair]

wow, how did you get so close? i usually just see them whizzing over the road:confused1:

[rapidlee]

the little thing was in a pile of brash i managed to get very close to it. i dont want to open a can of worms. but it was left well alone away from the work site. i know you have to have a licence to hold them, i have 2 african pigmy dormice at home. this year i hope to gain a dormouse licence. this could be a good future survey site.

[Saw-sick Steve]

Er, don't like to piss on yer fireworks, but should you really be doing ''clearance work'' at this time of the year? All nesting birds are protected by law, and Dormice are a Schedule 5 species, meaning it is illegal to intentionally disturb their nesting, resting and hibernating habitat.

I know sometimes in the real world it's difficult, but laws is laws and the way your description reads looks a little ambiguous to say the least. Just thought I'd mention it (they are cute though).

[rapidlee]

the birds nest was inside a seed rill inside a shed.

[felixthelogchopper]

Look into its eyes. That's getting ready to go for your throat