MICE IN, MICE OUT

‘Tis the season to be rodent aware.

After a good long summer, the mice are now ready to move back indoors.

Time for growers to put in place their fortified mouse defences.

Winter proper ain't far off, and it'll only get chillier out there after the lovely Indian summer we have experienced.

Stalker has also read that the humble harvest mouse faces extinction in the UK due to changes in farming practices.

Their numbers have plummeted in recent years, ostensibly due to changes in farm methods.

The diminutive harvest mouse is an emblem of the British and Irish countryside, and is among ten species that experts predict could disappear by 2035.