This was probably the biggest surprise of the year. I had been putting dead field mice in the camera box for the weasels to collect and hiding them under a slate to give the camera time to react. In late August a water shrew appeared and stole the mouse. The mouse is as big as the shrew and the slate is much heavier.
As far as I can make out this was the first time a water shrew taking carrion had been recorded on video (ever, anywhere!). The shrew was a daily visitor for almost a month and then disappeared.
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