Shrew

[AIRGUNNER 1]

Caught this shrew down beside the lake then was safely returned.

 

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Wow! What a brilliant shot! And just Look at the nose on that sukka! I love it!

 

Shrews are harmless but enigmatic little f*ckers, aren't they? When I was a youngster I often used to pass through this small thicket. Pretty well publicly trampled sort of place. I got to thinking next to nothing of finding perfectly alright, yet perfectly dead shrews on the thin tracks there. Never could or have figured out what killed them.

 

In fact, one of the enduring highlights of my entire life will always be the time when a mate and I stood and watched a Water Shrew come out and do his thing on a small pond in the middle of a fir plantation while we were trapping and surveying Great Crested Newts there. (Yeppers; I had a licence ) First and last Water Shrew I ever seen and it truly was a wonderful experience. I felt like I was living in a David Attenborough film!

 

Had a couple of the smaller shrews in the mouse traps inside my cottage here before now. Breaks my heart to pop open a box and find a innocent little shrew in there

 

How'd ye come to catch that one alive, mate?

[AIRGUNNER 1]

Thanks guys.

 

Put it this way he was eating bread..

[J Darcy 5,871]

When i was a mad-keen barbel angler i would often be on the river from dawn til dusk. Fishing the same swim meant many things occured on a regular basis. One of the best was a tiny shrew that i would throw cubes of luncheon meat to. I guess he would come within 4 foot of me to pick up the meat and scuttle off. What a beautiful animal.

First saw a water shrew when i was about 6 or 7, remember it exactly and could take you straight back to the spot now on a small stream. My father and i watched the shrew in the water for perhaps ten seconds before it dissapeared. It was a truely awesome sight for me. I have spent a little while each year since sat on the little foot bridge just downstream from where that shrew was , hoping for another glimpse. Sadley i fear the water quality has declined too much for the little critters to survive.

Top piccy, thanks for sharing it. JD

[AIRGUNNER 1]

Thanks and no worries JD.

[Guest little_lloyd]

When i was a mad-keen barbel angler i would often be on the river from dawn til dusk. Fishing the same swim meant many things occured on a regular basis. One of the best was a tiny shrew that i would throw cubes of luncheon meat to. I guess he would come within 4 foot of me to pick up the meat and scuttle off. What a beautiful animal.

First saw a water shrew when i was about 6 or 7, remember it exactly and could take you straight back to the spot now on a small stream. My father and i watched the shrew in the water for perhaps ten seconds before it dissapeared. It was a truely awesome sight for me. I have spent a little while each year since sat on the little foot bridge just downstream from where that shrew was , hoping for another glimpse. Sadley i fear the water quality has declined too much for the little critters to survive.

Top piccy, thanks for sharing it. JD

 

 

Water Shrews,, Bloody lovely, My favourote of the Shrews and Vole families

 

We have them on the stream down from the house,, Lovely to watch,, but i have not seen one in a while but i hope they are still out there on the water

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Ditchy -Shrews are supposedly foul tasting which is why they are seen from time to time ,dead and untouched .Killed by cats no doubt .Birds of prey however ,have no sense of taste and relish them .

[Guest little_lloyd]

Water Shrews can give very nasty bites,, In a human it can leave a stinging feeling for a fair few days!!

 

 

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Drops; I wonder if they have that taste in common with moles then? My old mate, Chris H. tried to sample pretty much anything out there. I'll never forget the expression on his face when he recounted the taste of " The little muscle men ". They truly disgusted him.

 

Come to think of it; Similar diet .....

[fish 148]

Drops; I wonder if they have that taste in common with moles then? My old mate, Chris H. tried to sample pretty much anything out there. I'll never forget the expression on his face when he recounted the taste of " The little muscle men ". They truly disgusted him.

 

Come to think of it; Similar diet .....

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u203/1f...28house0019.jpg got them in a live mouse trap

[AIRGUNNER 1]

Drops; I wonder if they have that taste in common with moles then? My old mate, Chris H. tried to sample pretty much anything out there. I'll never forget the expression on his face when he recounted the taste of " The little muscle men ". They truly disgusted him.

 

Come to think of it; Similar diet .....

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u203/1f...28house0019.jpg got them in a live mouse trap

 

Crafty little buggers

[shotup 9]

looks fecking dead to me.

[pigeonphill 69]

put a ferret in a bin with a shrew when i was young and it half put up a fight before the ferret got hold of it there very aggressive little buggers pound for pound or should that be oz for oz