Black shrew?

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I was just about to drive up our lane yesterday when I noticed a mouse running about on the road. I watched it for a couple of minutes then carefully drove towards it. By now it was at the side of the road and I parked beside it. I stepped out of the car and picked it up and put it on the car seat. I could now see it was a black shrew with a long tail and white ears. I placed it carefully in the bottom of the hedge and drove off.

It is possible it was blind & deaf as it apparently neither saw or heard my diesel Land Rover.

Just thought I would have a google to see what it was and it seems they do not actually exist in the UK!

Any ideas?

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Solved - Water Shrew.

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[Milims]

Glad to hear it. It certainly was a puzzle. It sounds lovely tho. Thank you for telling us about it.

[oldfella]

Reminds me of an experience I had in my garden of a year or two back, walking down the path one evening I noticed a smallish hedgehog in the garden so walked over to have a look where upon, it attacked my welly rather viciously, not a quick nip and off, or roll up quick he might put the boot in, oh no, it was a sustained attack which evenutaly had me rolled up with laughter, at the sight of a 3in ball hell bent on destoying a size 11 welly with me inside it.

[Millymollymandy]

Cute looking shrew and cute tale about the hedgehog!