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Probably a very old, or sick, individual. First 3 photos taken by Conny Rumpp.
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Probably a very old, or sick, individual. First 3 photos taken by Conny Rumpp.
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Probably a very old, or sick, individual. First 3 photos taken by Conny Rumpp.
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Literally a drowned rat. Found in a tall container partly filled with rain water, I can only assume it jumped in from the tree above as it would be difficult for a water rat to climb this container. Rats had also been chewing at the base of a nearby compost bin to get in.
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Literally a drowned rat. Found in a tall container partly filled with rain water, I can only assume it jumped in from the tree above as it would be difficult for a water rat to climb this container. Rats had also been chewing at the base of a nearby compost bin to get in.
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Literally a drowned rat. Found in a tall container partly filled with rain water, I can only assume it jumped in from the tree above as it would be difficult for a water rat to climb this container. Rats had also been chewing at the base of a nearby compost bin to get in.
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Rat, not worried by the neighbours cat which prowls this route. (Infrared motion activated monitoring camera)
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Rat, not worried by the neighbours cat which prowls this route. (Infrared motion activated monitoring camera)
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Rat, not worried by the neighbours cat which prowls this route. (Infrared motion activated monitoring camera)
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The same rat as yesterday turned up at 1:30am, 2:11am and 3:09am, but at 4:08am through to 4:20am a new rat turned up. Rather larger than the earlier one, I've uploaded a comparison photo and one trying to show the underside and tail length. It certainly has a light coloured belly, but the tail seems to be shorter than the body. Apart from the belly colour, I would think from the size that it is a Brown/Norway/Water Rat. (Camera date stamp seems to be a day ahead) edit: I've just noticed that my black trousers look white in infra-red, so best to ignore colour and/or shades.
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The same rat as yesterday turned up at 1:30am, 2:11am and 3:09am, but at 4:08am through to 4:20am a new rat turned up. Rather larger than the earlier one, I've uploaded a comparison photo and one trying to show the underside and tail length. It certainly has a light coloured belly, but the tail seems to be shorter than the body. Apart from the belly colour, I would think from the size that it is a Brown/Norway/Water Rat. (Camera date stamp seems to be a day ahead) edit: I've just noticed that my black trousers look white in infra-red, so best to ignore colour and/or shades.
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The larger of the two night time prowlers. Body about 20cm, tail to base about 19cm. In the infrared animation the rat enters the trap then there is an 8 second gap (that didn't get recorded) before the death rattle - probably eating bait in the entrance way and not moving enough to trigger the movement detection software.
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The larger of the two night time prowlers. Body about 20cm, tail to base about 19cm. In the infrared animation the rat enters the trap then there is an 8 second gap (that didn't get recorded) before the death rattle - probably eating bait in the entrance way and not moving enough to trigger the movement detection software.
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The larger of the two night time prowlers. Body about 20cm, tail to base about 19cm. In the infrared animation the rat enters the trap then there is an 8 second gap (that didn't get recorded) before the death rattle - probably eating bait in the entrance way and not moving enough to trigger the movement detection software.
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The larger of the two night time prowlers. Body about 20cm, tail to base about 19cm. In the infrared animation the rat enters the trap then there is an 8 second gap (that didn't get recorded) before the death rattle - probably eating bait in the entrance way and not moving enough to trigger the movement detection software.
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The larger of the two night time prowlers. Body about 20cm, tail to base about 19cm. In the infrared animation the rat enters the trap then there is an 8 second gap (that didn't get recorded) before the death rattle - probably eating bait in the entrance way and not moving enough to trigger the movement detection software.
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Another visitor, looks as big as the first, perhaps I haven't yet caught the smaller rat that was seen two days ago. This one appears to have approached things with caution, and having entered the trap climbed through a small grill hole and came at the trigger plate from an odd angle. Head & body about 20cm, tail about 17.5cm
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Another visitor, looks as big as the first, perhaps I haven't yet caught the smaller rat that was seen two days ago. This one appears to have approached things with caution, and having entered the trap climbed through a small grill hole and came at the trigger plate from an odd angle. Head & body about 20cm, tail about 17.5cm
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Another visitor, looks as big as the first, perhaps I haven't yet caught the smaller rat that was seen two days ago. This one appears to have approached things with caution, and having entered the trap climbed through a small grill hole and came at the trigger plate from an odd angle. Head & body about 20cm, tail about 17.5cm