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Oliver's Battery Countryside Group |
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We set traps for small mammals on two evenings in August, and also looked for insects. |
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| Preparing traps on Sunday evening. | A mammal trap in situ. | Netting for minibeasts on Bank Holiday Monday. | |
| Like last year we used two types of trap, transparent plastic and aluminium. These were stocked up with bedding and food for the night. | |||
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| Bush cricket. | Grasshopper. | Grasshopper. | |
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| The traps were all empty on Monday, but we tried again, and on Tuesday found a single bank vole. | |||
| Photographs Peter Land |
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