The Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT) has launched its 2025 Christmas Appeal to help one of Britain’s most charming but ...

Nine rare hazel dormice have been given a clean bill of health by wildlife vets at conservation charity ZSL. It paves the way for their release into the wild next month as part of a national effort to ...

This Christmas, the Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT) is calling on the community to help protect one of Britain’s most ...

It's one of Britain's rarest mammals and on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss. But the adorable hazel dormouse – hardly ever sighted by humans due to its scarcity – is receiving a ...

A team of conservation volunteers has made a ‘remarkable’ discovery, confirming the presence of a Hazel Dormouse population in ...

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 ...

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A Welsh landowner who connected up the longest stretch of dormouse friendly habitat (495 acres in total) has won the Reconnecting the Countryside award, organised by the conservation charity People's ...

Bayreuth researchers have shown for the first time that the dormouse, which is strictly protected in Germany, not only uses woody structures as a habitat, but also reed beds. The study is published in ...

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The annual competition has opened to find the most dormouse-friendly farmer in England and Wales. Last year, more than 17 miles of hedgerows and nearly 1,000 acres of woodland were planted by entrants ...