ShrewCam

It seems that shrews are like London buses - you wait ages for one and then three come along all at once.  WeaselCam is mainly seeing wood mice at the moment but a few nights ago there were three shrews.  First a pygmy shrew, which has been appearing from time to time, then a common shrew, which hasn't been common recently, and last a water shrew, the first I have seen since September.

This has happened twice before.  In 2020 I set a camera hoping to find a water vole up near Wark Forest and found three shrew species in one night.  And a few weeks ago I saw three within an hour near Riding Mill.  I don't know if these episodes have just been coincidence or whether the shrews could be following each other around or interacting in some way.  Either way it seems odd.  I posted the video on the Mammal Society Facebook page asking the same question but didn't get a reply, just lots of "likes".  If you have any thoughts please leave a comment.