• Dormice and Bluebells
    Last week we did our first check of the year of our 200 dormouse nestboxes. We found just 3 animals which is way down on previous years. It may be that the prolonged cold weather into April has meant...
  • Broadwater Dormice in good health, but...............
    We've just finished the July check of our Dormouse nestboxes and were delighted to find 21 animals all seeming to be in good health. The highlight was discovering 2 males and a female in the same box...
  • Dormice Waking Early
    The recent hot weather has caused the reserve's dormice to wake up a bit earlier than usual. They are normally still fast asleep when we check our nestboxes in the morning, but this year quite a few have...
  • Dormice sub-let to surprise tenant
    We had the pleasure of checking our dormouse nestboxes today. Nine dormice in eight boxes was a good result and we were able to get another cute photo of a curled-up dormouse fast asleep. Other tenants...
  • Dormice and Blue Tits - Odd Combination? Read On
    Today my wife Linda and I assisted our reserve volunteer Dormouse Monitor, Adrian Podmore, to check the 200 Dormouse Nestboxes that we have put out throughout the reserve. We were delighted to find Dormice...