House mouse
The tiny, grey-brown house mouse is one of our most successful mammals. It thrives around buildings but is less likely to be found in our houses these days due to better construction.
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Wood mouse
The tiny, brown wood mouse is one of our most common rodents and is very likely to be found in the garden. It is similar to the house mouse, but has larger ears and eyes relative to its size.
Harvest mouse
Suffolk, with its extensive lowland arable landscape and river valleys, has become a stronghold for the harvest mouse. Despite populations of the species declining by about 70% in other parts of the UK due to intensive farming, a recent Suffolk Wildlife Trust study revealed that the harvest mouse is still widespread in the county.
Harvest mouse
The harvest mouse is tiny - an adult can weigh as little as a 2p piece! It prefers habitats with long grass, but you are most likely to spot its round, woven-grass nests.
Sea mouse
This strange furry creature often found washed ashore after storms is actually a kind of worm!
My muse
Mark suffers from Paranoid Schizophrenia, meaning that in bustling areas the voices he can hear become overwhelming. They are his muses, but can get overpowering. When he’s outside in the garden,…
Common mouse-ear
Common mouse-ear is a persistent 'weed' of fields and gardens, verges and hedgerows - all kinds of habitats. But, like many of our weed species, it is still a good food source for…
Mouse-ear hawkweed
Looking a bit like a ragged version of a dandelion, mouse-ear hawkweed has lemon-yellow flower heads that are tinged with red at their outer edges. It likes grassy places with short turf and…
Hazel dormouse
The hazel dormouse is one the UK's fastest declining species. Find out how Suffolk Wildlife Trust is saving the county's dormice population.
Red grouse
The red grouse is an umistakeable bird - plump and round, with a gingery-red body as its name suggests. Found on upland heathlands, it is under threat from the nationwide, dramatic loss of these…
Black grouse
The male black grouse, or 'blackcock', is famed for its display behaviour, known as 'lekking'. A sight to behold, it fans out its tail and struts its stuff to show its…
Dormouse Monitoring in Suffolk
It’s Dormouse Week and Ecologist Alison Looser explains how we’re contributing to understanding how dormice are faring in Suffolk.