Nature lovers are being invited to give rare dormice a helping hand in Chambers Farm Wood.

Repairs have been carried out on nearly 60 wooden nesting boxes which the tree climbing creature uses to rear its young during summer and willing volunteers are needed to help erect them in the 360 hectare (900 acre) woodland, near Wragby, Lincs.

The Forestry Commission beauty spot  – part of the Bardney Limewoods National Nature Reserve – became home to Lincolnshire’s only known dormice colony after 32 captive bred adults were released eight years ago.

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