Monitoring dormice provides information for conservation efforts

Conservationists say they are encouraged by research which suggests that a decline in the numbers of dormice is slowing down.

Monitoring found numbers fell by 9% between 2002 and 2008, compared with 31% from 1992 to 2002.

The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) said there was “reason to be optimistic” that conservation efforts were proving effective.
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THEY are so tiny and they spend most of the time asleep.

But now the lovely furry mammals could block plans for a multi-million pound log cabin holiday village in Hampshire.

The tiny creature has been spotted at the site of the 130-cabin village planned near Winchester.

Because the dormouse is legally protected it could now jeopardise the whole scheme.

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