mouse nest

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mouse nest - where mice bear and raise their young

mouse's nest

nest - a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

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The trust will be running its annual harvest mouse nest survey in November and December.

The race to save our wildlife is under way; The 2016 State of Nature report shows that 56% of UK species studied have declined since 1970. TONY HENDERSON reports

Harvest Mouse Nest Hunt | Join the experts at Parc |Slip Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre in Tondu tomorrow from 10am.

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The computer had stopped working and when technicians took a closer look at the hard drive in the tower, they came across a mouse nest.

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Stopping immediately to check under the hood, I found a mouse nest burning from the heat of the motor.

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But it was confirmed harvest mice were living at Saltholme with the discovery of a harvest mouse nest by assistant warden Ed Pritchard.

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To describe it as resembling a mouse nest is to flatter it.

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King George's Hospital, Ilford, Essex: Mouse nest found in patient's locker.

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While cutting back swathes of old montbretia leaves last week I was mortified to disturb a mouse nest.

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Birmingham City Council prosecutor Amanda Scown said the company had only discovered a mouse nest after the inspectors shut them down.

Baker hit by fine over mice; COURT: Firm was closed by health inspectors magistrates told

Countryside: Last winter I went to change my oil and discovered a mouse nest in the air filter in my car.

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The location is often in an abandoned mouse nest in the ground but they will also utilize dry sites in the walls of buildings, entering through a crack.

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Investigators were baflled as to how the blaze started in the Wayfarers Arcade, Lord Street, Southport, until a mouse nest was found under a stairwell.