About

The Dormice.org site is a personal website I have built for the love of Dormice. The site contains images and contributions from a number of sources, I have tried my best to credit each source, however if you find your prized work, a) I’m sorry, b) can I use it? Pleeeease! c) how would you like me to credit you? I’d like the site to be a central resource for Dormice, mainly UK based and for Hazel Dormice, but I am happy for the site to evolve into what ever is needed, including a discussion blog.

Some of the images are not directly credited, please see the gallery of images which shows the full copyright info for each image, all images either have had permission granted to be on this site, mine or licensed under a Creative Commons type license.

The site is not for profit, although has a book store and advertising, these are just there to hopefully raise a little towards hosting fees, any extra will help pay for any conservation volunteering I do.

Finally if you would like to contribute or have images you would like to see on the site that would be great. The site is powered by WordPress so if you would like to write a regular piece I’ll give you a login, or just send me a document (I can do Microsoft if you must) if it’s a one off.

Contact me here!

Latest News

BBC News – Suffolk – Kiln Meadow in Ipswich ‘no longer for sale’

An Ipswich meadow, home to a large population of toads, will not be put up for sale again for housing, Ipswich Borough Council has announced. Developers had planned to build more than 100 homes on the 11-acre Kiln Meadow in Pinewood before planning permission expired last October. The council has now decided it will look [...]

Kiln Meadow Saved!

Ipswich Wildlife Group are delighted with the decision of Ipswich Borough Council’s Executive committee to revoke the decision to sell Kiln Meadow. IWG Chairman Ray Sidaway said: “The ‘Save Kiln Meadow’ campaign has been long and complicated. The low point was when the previous administration decided to sell the site last July without due consideration [...]

Suffolk Wildlife Trust says harvest mice need farmers’ help

Farmers are being asked to create more grass margins around fields to encourage harvest mice. The Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) has been studying the tiny rodent to work out how to increase its numbers. They want to link up grassland, reed bed a riverbank habitats to allow the mice to thrive. Martha Meek, trust project [...]

Urgent! Save Kiln Meadow!

Save Kiln Meadow for the Dormice! IBC is trying to sell a strip of land on the outskirts of Ipswich,  the land is good habitat for many species and the borders and hedges of the land contain Dormice. Please sign the petition : http://petitions.ipswich.gov.uk/SaveKilnMeadow/ This whole area has a number of wildlife species that should [...]

Salisbury Journal – Join in the great hunt for nuts

  Picture by Clare Pengally. WILTSHIRE Wildlife Trust is encouraging people to help locate populations of hazel dormice in the county by looking for nibbled nuts. This is the 21st anniversary of the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme and The People’s Trust for Endangered Species and Natural England have launched the third Great Nut Hunt this [...]