Brown Rat

20 January 2014

Back garden

A new face at the bird feeders this afternoon but unfortunately not a welcome one. I improvise a bait station from bricks and pieces of paving slab. There's no way that any bird could get at the grain inside but I can't devise a way of preventing voles or wood mice gaining access.

The reason we're wary of encouraging brown rats near the house is that some years ago, when they were having some building work done, a neighbour found one raiding her pantry. She picked up a bread bag which seemed surpsingly heavy . . .