Shrews feast on a diet of insects, and small worms, slugs and snails, and the Shrew can be often seen foraging for food most of the time that it is active.
Shrews are a source of prey for a lot of animals, including Foxes, Stoats, Owls, and other birds of prey, such as Kestrels.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/kestrel_tcm9-18299.jpg?width=530&crop=(234,378,1016,818) < image reference at this link. |
The Shrew's mating season begins around May, and females often have litters of pups between 5 and 7.
Although the animal is protected by British law, he animal's numbers exceed 41,000,000, which means there is no imminent threat to the species short term numbers.
http://www.mammal.org.uk/species-factsheets/Common%20shrew
Thomas.
http://www.liveanimalslist.com/interesting-animals/images/pygmy-shrew.jpg < image reference at this link. |
http://www.mammal.org.uk/species-factsheets/Common%20shrew
Thomas.
Saw one of these on path on the way home. Was running around and around in little circles, openly, occasionally pausing to sniff things, such as my hand. Seemed intent on continuing this until the next bird of prey arrived.
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