Harvest Mouse: Distribution

Harvest Mice in Barnsley have mainly been recorded in wetland areas, in Barnsley, often in Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundceina) in marshy areas and alongside ditches and dikes. However this may be because most recording by searching for nests has been in these areas.

They may also be found in other areas with tall grasses such as road side verges, field margins and hedgerow banks and rough grassland elsewhere. They have never been found in upland areas nor in fact west of the M1.

LWS with known populations of
Harvest Mouse

38 Old Moor and Wath Ings

24 Worsbrough Reservoir

Other LWS with possible populations of Harvest Mouse

25 Barnsley Canal at Willthorpe

27 Carlton Marsh

35 Edderthorpe Ings

36 Broomhill Flash and Wombwell Ings

37 Gypsy Marsh

39 Bolton-on-Dearne wetlands

46 Elsecar Reservoir

Local Wildlife Sites.

No Local Wildlife Sites are designated because of populations of Harvest Mouse, however a number do have Harvest Mice present and other may have.