The Field Mouse | British Garden Wildlife
In Britain, the name 'field mouse' is a generic term for a range of mice. The true 'field mouse' is the Wood Mouse or the Long Tailed Field Mouse.
The field mouse has dark brown fur and has relatively large ears and eyes, growing to 10cm long and weighing 30 grams when fully grown.
Field mice are usually nocturnal, and have very good vision and hearing.
The field mouse will live anywhere where there is food and shelter, including in hedgerows, fields, and forests.
The field mouse is omnivorous and will eat seeds, berries, worms, invertebrates, and carrion.
Because so many creatures prey on the field mouse, it tends to have a short life in the wild and has an average age of between 6 and 12 months.
The gestation period is 25 days; litter size is large and mice leave the nest at four weeks so that field mice can reproduce several times per year.
The field mouse has dark brown fur and has relatively large ears and eyes, growing to 10cm long and weighing 30 grams when fully grown.
Field mice are usually nocturnal, and have very good vision and hearing.
The field mouse will live anywhere where there is food and shelter, including in hedgerows, fields, and forests.
The field mouse is omnivorous and will eat seeds, berries, worms, invertebrates, and carrion.
Because so many creatures prey on the field mouse, it tends to have a short life in the wild and has an average age of between 6 and 12 months.
The gestation period is 25 days; litter size is large and mice leave the nest at four weeks so that field mice can reproduce several times per year.