Anyone else find it wierd that the rabbit is a non native species of this country? because of the sheer number of them and the amount of animals and birds that prey on them you can't imagine them not being here. I didn't know rats and the house mouse aren't native either, bizarre!
This is quite interesting:
Top ten invasive species
1. House mouse – Brought over unnoticed by Neolithic man, the first records are from around 1,000 BC
2. Rats – Although originally from the steppes of Central Asia, rats spread over Europe quickly arriving on ships in Britain during the Saxon