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 Out of Hibernation

We've done our first check of our dormouse nestboxes for the year and were pleased to find 3 dormice (all males) in the boxes. It's a little early for them to be out of hibernation (they only use the...
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...