ONE of the UK's most endangered animals has made a comeback in a North town. Evidence of a harvest mice nest has been discovered in the Barmpton area, on the northern edge of Darlington.

so I was delighted when they discovered the nest yesterday. “The discovery of the harvest mice will affect how the reed beds are managed and will be incorporated in the project’s future ...

Weighing about the same as a 10p coin, the tiny rodents build their nests off the ground, in long tufted grass and reedbeds Harvest mouse nests have been discovered at a second nature reserve in ...

Harvest mice were ... distinguished the harvest mouse, micromys minutus, as a species in 1767. They weave complex spherical nests out of grass - a breeding nest is roughly the size of a cricket ...

The study conducted by Northumbria Mammal Group and Durham Wildlife Trust has revealed encouraging signs of harvest mice. The survey ... most of County Durham. A nest discovered near Gainford ...

nest-building, foraging, balancing and even a mother mouse carefully rolling one of her babies along a tiny branch. Jean-Louis said: 'All of the harvest mice came originally from captivity and ...

These amazing pictures show a tiny harvest mouse drinking from a garden ... in their nests before looking for food. Breeding mice will build a nest 30cm above ground in short grasses but sometimes ...

A TINY harvest mouse clings to a dandelion blowing in the ... leaving front feet free to weave a nest." Mr Binstead explained that he took all the photographs at the centre and had even made ...