Appearance: Unlike the field mouse, this species is all over brown-grey in colour, including the tail. In contrast, an adult mouse’s physique will be more proportionate and slimmer, and its head will appear more acutely slanted. Different to field mouse in having a collar of yellowish fur that forms a bib on the chest (can be difficult to see).

Behaviour: Wood mice are extremely quick and nocturnal, so can be difficult to spot during the daytime.Environmental Health Officers or General Enforcement Officers can issue enforcement notices to business owners who don’t have adequate pest management procedures in place. Nests are often built in places such as roof spaces, under floors or in wall cavities, sheds, basements, storage boxes and wherever there is access to a good source of food and safe, warm harbourage to breed. Overall it has shaggier fur, furry ears and is greyish or yellowish brown with a pale grey underside. Mice have a need to mark their territory with their urine and due to their sporadic eating habits, build nests near food sources. Because they can swiftly construct nests and multiply, the odour will increase the larger the rodent population becomes.

Distinguish it from the wood mouse by its collar of yellowish fur, which forms a bib on the chest that can be quite difficult to see. For any mouse infestation, we would always recommend contacting a professional pest control company. Shrews don’t hibernate, but they do become less active in winter, living in burrows that may have been made by other species.Copyright ©2023 The Mammal Society, Black Horse Cottage, 33 Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 0BL . If you have a rodent infestation, you will hear moving, clawing, and squeaking noises inside your walls. The concept behind using baking soda to kill rats is that the rodent’s stomach acids will react with the bicarbonate in the powder.