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Yellow-necked mouse, Hoenderloo
I'm very happy with this one, since I've never photographed a wild mouse before. We were in a hide and noticed repeatedly some fast movement in the corner of our eyes. It was this mouse, unaware of our presence, who followed a predictable pattern. It would start in this exact position to check if the run it was about to make was safe. Next it would make a quick run to grab some food that the birds spilled, and then quickly run back and go into hiding. This is the only usable shot, this little freeze moment was predictable yet lasts less than a second.
In dutch this is called the big forest mouse.
The yellow-necked mouse is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused, only being recognised as a separate species in 1894. It differs in its band of yellow fur around the neck and in having slightly larger ears and usually being slightly larger overall. Around 100mm in length, it can climb trees and sometimes overwinters in houses.
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