Common shrew  (Sorex araneus)

For more on this species see the Mammal Society fact sheet, available at:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/common_shrew.shtml

and Churchfield, S. (1988) Shrews of the British Isles. Shire Natural History Series No 30. Shire Publications, Princes Risborough.

For more on the conservation of Britain's mammals see:

Macdonald, D.W., and Tattershall, F.T. (2001). Britain's mammals- the challenge for conservation. The Wildlife Conservation research unit, Oxford University. Available at:
www.wildcru.org