Children have been taking part in a survey to record the number of harvest mice nests in the countryside.
Pupils from Holbeton Primary School in Devon visited fields near Mothercombe beach to search for the nests of Britain’s smallest rodents.
Two of the students, Viola and Alice, described the nests as grass and hay in a “little ball” with a hole in the middle for the “harvest mice to get in and out”.
Harvest mouse project manager Sarah Butcher said the children found 17 nests during their hunt which was the most she had found this year.