More than 150 harvest mice have been reintroduced to a nature reserve in west London - 45 years after the species was last recorded there.
The animals became extinct in the borough of Ealing, with the last official sighting at Perivale Wood in 1979.
It is the fifth site the mice have been released as part of the Ealing Wildlife Group rewilding project.
It aims to create an improved ecosystem for plant and animal life.
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More than 150 harvest mice have been reintroduced to a nature reserve in west London - 45 years after the species was last recorded there.
It is the fifth site the mice have been released as part of the Ealing Wildlife Group rewilding project.
It is thought their disappearance is because of the loss of their natural habitat, a pattern seen across the UK, with an overall decline of 70% in the native harvest mouse population.
At Perivale Wood, which includes ancient oak woodland and neutral grassland, parts of the meadows have been set aside to create wildlife corridors for small mammals.
Richard Goddard, from the Selborne Society which manages the wood, said the reintroduction of mice was “fantastic”.
He added: "Selborne Society volunteers put in more than 2,000 hours of voluntary work to improve our habitats.
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