Today we are rodent monitoring.

We can estimate the numbers of rats and stoats in an area by using tracking tunnels.

Rats and stoats love to run through these tunnels especially if there is food in them.

Here I am setting up the tracking tunnel.

The pink pad in the middle has ink and there is cardboard either end.

The rat walks through the tunnel and leaves it's footprints on the cardboard.

Peanut butter is spread on the entrance of the tunnel to attract the rats.