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Field notes, discoveries and news from Nottinghamshire’s dormouse woodlands.

  • Record year so far for Nottinghamshire’s dormice

    Record year so far for Nottinghamshire’s dormice

    Dormouse monitoring across four Nottinghamshire woodlands has produced the strongest results recorded for this point in the season.

  • From Learner to Licensed

    From Learner to Licensed

    In 2019, myself and my partner joined the Nottinghamshire Dormouse Group, hoping to see our first dormouse. We were not disappointed, and…

  • Negative Footprint Tunnel Records

    Negative Footprint Tunnel Records

    Finding hazel dormice isn’t easy. And it’s even more difficult to prove that they’re absent from a particular patch. But dormice are…

  • 2020 Update

    2020 Update

    The following PDF document provides an update on the 2020 dormouse monitoring & wider landscape dispersal Nottinghamshire Dormouse Project 2020 Update

  • Dormouse Hibernation Webinar

    Dormouse Hibernation Webinar

    In this presentation, Leo Gubert (Highways England Ecologist and PhD Researcher at the University of Exeter) shares his knowledge on the secret…

  • Free Webinar on Dormouse Hibernation

    Free Webinar on Dormouse Hibernation

    We will be hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 8th December at 7pm. The talk will be presented by Leo Gubert and…

  • Wild Tails…..

    Wild Tails…..

    During a recent trip to one of our Nottinghamshire Dormouse woodlands I happened upon another wild dormouse nest. It was hidden amongst…

  • The Dormouse Reintroduction Programme

    The Dormouse Reintroduction Programme

    As our usual outdoor activities during the season have been much reduced we have looked for new ways to engage with both…

  • A Tale of Two Woodlands….

    A Tale of Two Woodlands….

    The July monitoring results were significantly different between the two main sessions, Treswell versus Gamston & Eaton. On Saturday July 18th 2020,…

  • 2019 round up

    2019 round up

    2019 has been another year of surprises, with oodles of positive outcomes. As such, I thought it worth celebrating all of the…

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