Any ideas what this is ?

[Madriverrob]

My mate in North Devon spotted this in his local woods , any ideas what it is ? I thought some kind of animal trap ??

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[boney gumbo mcgee]

It looks like a Dormouse nest tube to me, could be wrong though.

 

[C_Claycomb]

I reckon it is a trap. Probably something meant to kill glis glis or grey squirrels. That last shot looks like it shows a trigger plate down inside. If it was a next tube for little dormice, it wouldn't make sense to have such a large opening, nor that the entrance would funnel rain back into the tube.

 

[boney gumbo mcgee]

I reckon it is a trap. Probably something meant to kill glis glis or grey squirrels. That last shot looks like it shows a trigger plate down inside. If it was a next tube for little dormice, it wouldn't make sense to have such a large opening, nor that the entrance would funnel rain back into the tube.

I still think it is a dormouse nest tube, here is an example of a very silmilar nest tube of the net which shows the wooden insert and I think picture number two makes it look more diagonal than what it is.

https://www.wildcareshop.com/dormouse-tube-insert.html

 

[lou1661]

I have seen them a fair few times, I think that they are used for surveying small mammals. live catch and release. The fluorescent tape next to it is to make it easy to spot.

Edit : Dormouse tube

https://blog.nhbs.com/in-the-news/dormouse-nest-tubes-fast-secure-placement/

 

[beachlover]

Yep. Dormouse trap for surveying them. I was speaking to someone while they were doing a survey of hazel dormice here a couple of weeks ago as I wondered what they were up to.

 

[Madriverrob]

Cheers fellas , I'll let my mate know .....

 

[Tengu]

Ive seen those in the hedges.

Do dormice go in hedges...thoght they were woodland animals?

 

[C_Claycomb]

Fair play. Learned something. The last time I saw nest boxes put out for dormice, they didn't look anything like those, more like bird boxes.

 

[Greyscale]

I think it's a trap for animals...