Harvest Mouse Survey Training

Learn how to survey for harvest mice and support national survey efforts!

On the Red List for Britain’s Mammals, the harvest mouse is classified as Near Threatened in Britain. This means that they are at risk of becoming threatened with extinction in the near future. Read more about this charismatic species and their importance to ecosystems here.

Unfortunately, we do not have good estimates of how many harvest mice there are in the wild, so we really have no idea how bad their situation is or what sort of conservation actions should be put in place.

This is why The Mammal Society have launched the National Harvest Mouse Survey across Britain. We’re looking for people who can get outside and look for harvest mice nests. Surveys do not take long and no prior experience or specialist equipment is required to carry them out. All you'll need to do is download the…