Image of Brown rat

Description:

No mice, a howling gale, recycling blowing about ... and of course another rat. The reason for having the camera is to monitor the behaviour of animals around the trap, and here we see the rat pause before approaching the plastic container that is blowing about, then quickly sniff it on passing and then disappear. There is only a bit of cheese in the trap, not enough to entice the rat to investigate inside. The still photos are from half an hour earlier when this rat is first seen near the trap.