Edible dormice are still hanging on in La Rioja!
For 30 years there hadn't been a single verified record of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the region, and the last two surveys came up empty. It looked as though the species had vanished from its southernmost range.
For 30 years there hadn't been a single verified record of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the region, and the last two surveys came up empty. It looked as though the species had vanished from its southernmost range.
September 29, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Edible dormice are still hanging on in La Rioja!
For 30 years there hadn't been a single verified record of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the region, and the last two surveys came up empty. It looked as though the species had vanished from its southernmost range.
For 30 years there hadn't been a single verified record of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the region, and the last two surveys came up empty. It looked as though the species had vanished from its southernmost range.
🖼️ Dick Twinney
September 29, 2026 at 5:56 AM
🖼️ Dick Twinney
> Among dormice, it has the special ability of running at great speed upside down, suspended from branches. Its main food is fruit, insects, berries, nuts, and even flowers.
Japanese dormouse - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
> Among dormice, it has the special ability of running at great speed upside down, suspended from branches. Its main food is fruit, insects, berries, nuts, and even flowers.
🐿️ The impact of wind turbine development on hazel dormice has been investigated through a study examining how clear-cuts affect the home ranges of these protected arboreal mammals in Lithuania: doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.64.160352
September 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
🐿️ The impact of wind turbine development on hazel dormice has been investigated through a study examining how clear-cuts affect the home ranges of these protected arboreal mammals in Lithuania: doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.64.160352
The postman just delivered a birthday card. It was posted over a month ago.
Are we to assume Royal Mail is now employing teams of lame dormice to carry mail from Dorset to Essex?
Or has it been sat at the Southend depot this long because they still can't sort their arses from their elbows?
Are we to assume Royal Mail is now employing teams of lame dormice to carry mail from Dorset to Essex?
Or has it been sat at the Southend depot this long because they still can't sort their arses from their elbows?
September 28, 2026 at 10:19 AM
The postman just delivered a birthday card. It was posted over a month ago.
Are we to assume Royal Mail is now employing teams of lame dormice to carry mail from Dorset to Essex?
Or has it been sat at the Southend depot this long because they still can't sort their arses from their elbows?
Are we to assume Royal Mail is now employing teams of lame dormice to carry mail from Dorset to Essex?
Or has it been sat at the Southend depot this long because they still can't sort their arses from their elbows?
Don’t forget trail cameras but make room for footprint tunnels as you conserve the countryside to have joined up habitats for endangered wildlife. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Endangered dormice on Babers Farm signal healthy landscape
Dormice are detected on a farm near Bridport during surveys by the Countryside Regeneration Trust.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Don’t forget trail cameras but make room for footprint tunnels as you conserve the countryside to have joined up habitats for endangered wildlife. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Hazel dormice are a European Protected Species and are considered vulnerable to extinction, but their presence is a marker of a healthy, well-connected landscape."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Endangered dormice on Babers Farm signal healthy landscape
Dormice are detected on a farm near Bridport during surveys by the Countryside Regeneration Trust.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"Hazel dormice are a European Protected Species and are considered vulnerable to extinction, but their presence is a marker of a healthy, well-connected landscape."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The survival of dormice is dependent on diverse woodland, species-rich hedgerows and connected habitats that provide year-round food and shelter.The tiny nocturnal species has disappeared from 20 counties in England since the 19th Century.
#Climatechange has also disrupted their hibernation patterns
#Climatechange has also disrupted their hibernation patterns
September 25, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The survival of dormice is dependent on diverse woodland, species-rich hedgerows and connected habitats that provide year-round food and shelter.The tiny nocturnal species has disappeared from 20 counties in England since the 19th Century.
#Climatechange has also disrupted their hibernation patterns
#Climatechange has also disrupted their hibernation patterns
Hazel dormice are a European Protected Species and are considered vulnerable to extinction, but their presence is a marker of a healthy, well-connected landscape.
#dormouse
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#dormouse
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Endangered dormice on Babers Farm signal healthy landscape
Dormice are detected on a farm near Bridport during surveys by the Countryside Regeneration Trust.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Hazel dormice are a European Protected Species and are considered vulnerable to extinction, but their presence is a marker of a healthy, well-connected landscape.
#dormouse
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#dormouse
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Two more Dormouse surveys today
One site quite small n right next to the larger site but different landowners
Completing both together makes for a long morning
Today there were no Dormice or nests
Lots of signs of Wood Mice and Bank Voles feeding in boxes but no occupants
But Millions of Millipedes
One site quite small n right next to the larger site but different landowners
Completing both together makes for a long morning
Today there were no Dormice or nests
Lots of signs of Wood Mice and Bank Voles feeding in boxes but no occupants
But Millions of Millipedes
September 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Two more Dormouse surveys today
One site quite small n right next to the larger site but different landowners
Completing both together makes for a long morning
Today there were no Dormice or nests
Lots of signs of Wood Mice and Bank Voles feeding in boxes but no occupants
But Millions of Millipedes
One site quite small n right next to the larger site but different landowners
Completing both together makes for a long morning
Today there were no Dormice or nests
Lots of signs of Wood Mice and Bank Voles feeding in boxes but no occupants
But Millions of Millipedes
Next in our series of specialist perspectives on the systematics of fossil organisms:
Cox & Hennekam discuss the systematics of the insular giant fossil dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) of the Mediterranean. Read here: buff.ly/kt1ra6E
#PaleoSky #Gliridae #insulargigantism #islandrule #skullmorphology
Cox & Hennekam discuss the systematics of the insular giant fossil dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) of the Mediterranean. Read here: buff.ly/kt1ra6E
#PaleoSky #Gliridae #insulargigantism #islandrule #skullmorphology
September 24, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Next in our series of specialist perspectives on the systematics of fossil organisms:
Cox & Hennekam discuss the systematics of the insular giant fossil dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) of the Mediterranean. Read here: buff.ly/kt1ra6E
#PaleoSky #Gliridae #insulargigantism #islandrule #skullmorphology
Cox & Hennekam discuss the systematics of the insular giant fossil dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) of the Mediterranean. Read here: buff.ly/kt1ra6E
#PaleoSky #Gliridae #insulargigantism #islandrule #skullmorphology
'Wood mice were among the first species to thrive, creating hundreds of burrows that helped aerate compacted soil. Since then, harvest mice, water shrews, dormice, voles, stoats and weasels have all increased. Badgers and foxes remain regular visitors, while pine martens have yet to be recorded.'
💧 Five years of Wild Woodbury 💧
Our groundbreaking wetland restoration has helped the River Sherford flow more naturally and created 40 hectares of wetland habitat.
Frogs, toads, grass snakes and dragonflies have returned, alongside lapwing, snipe and golden plover. 👉 https://bit.ly/4yM2m9p ~ Jack
Our groundbreaking wetland restoration has helped the River Sherford flow more naturally and created 40 hectares of wetland habitat.
Frogs, toads, grass snakes and dragonflies have returned, alongside lapwing, snipe and golden plover. 👉 https://bit.ly/4yM2m9p ~ Jack
September 23, 2026 at 7:42 AM
'Wood mice were among the first species to thrive, creating hundreds of burrows that helped aerate compacted soil. Since then, harvest mice, water shrews, dormice, voles, stoats and weasels have all increased. Badgers and foxes remain regular visitors, while pine martens have yet to be recorded.'
Traditional Italian food is either weird Roman stuff like eating peacock brains & dormice or it’s Americanized Sicilian stuff invented within the last two hundred years
September 23, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Traditional Italian food is either weird Roman stuff like eating peacock brains & dormice or it’s Americanized Sicilian stuff invented within the last two hundred years
Another survey day
We have found very few Dormice across all 4 sites this year
But today at the newest site where we previously found our first n only Dormouse back in June, we today found numerous Dormouse nests spread across the entire site
And much to our delight, also found six Dormice : )
We have found very few Dormice across all 4 sites this year
But today at the newest site where we previously found our first n only Dormouse back in June, we today found numerous Dormouse nests spread across the entire site
And much to our delight, also found six Dormice : )
September 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Another survey day
We have found very few Dormice across all 4 sites this year
But today at the newest site where we previously found our first n only Dormouse back in June, we today found numerous Dormouse nests spread across the entire site
And much to our delight, also found six Dormice : )
We have found very few Dormice across all 4 sites this year
But today at the newest site where we previously found our first n only Dormouse back in June, we today found numerous Dormouse nests spread across the entire site
And much to our delight, also found six Dormice : )
Open Access UCL Research: Systematics of the insular giant fossil dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) of the Mediterranean
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
September 22, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Open Access UCL Research: Systematics of the insular giant fossil dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) of the Mediterranean
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
this works for dormice too @~@
September 20, 2026 at 9:16 PM
this works for dormice too @~@
Dormouse day and 3 of us out in the woods
Only 2 Dormice, 1 Male n 1 Female in the same box
Has been much quieter year than last season. Even the Wood Mice have been rare
But much of the years fruits have been very early or not at all
May make it hard for small souls to make it through the winter
Only 2 Dormice, 1 Male n 1 Female in the same box
Has been much quieter year than last season. Even the Wood Mice have been rare
But much of the years fruits have been very early or not at all
May make it hard for small souls to make it through the winter
September 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Dormouse day and 3 of us out in the woods
Only 2 Dormice, 1 Male n 1 Female in the same box
Has been much quieter year than last season. Even the Wood Mice have been rare
But much of the years fruits have been very early or not at all
May make it hard for small souls to make it through the winter
Only 2 Dormice, 1 Male n 1 Female in the same box
Has been much quieter year than last season. Even the Wood Mice have been rare
But much of the years fruits have been very early or not at all
May make it hard for small souls to make it through the winter
There are many ways you can help dormice and one of them is by shopping our exclusive dormouse collection! 🐭
Find your new favourite tee and support our work at People's Trust for Endangered Species today 👇
link in bio 🔗ptesshopteemill.org.uk/collection/dormouse
#DormouseWeek 🐭
Find your new favourite tee and support our work at People's Trust for Endangered Species today 👇
link in bio 🔗ptesshopteemill.org.uk/collection/dormouse
#DormouseWeek 🐭
September 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
There are many ways you can help dormice and one of them is by shopping our exclusive dormouse collection! 🐭
Find your new favourite tee and support our work at People's Trust for Endangered Species today 👇
link in bio 🔗ptesshopteemill.org.uk/collection/dormouse
#DormouseWeek 🐭
Find your new favourite tee and support our work at People's Trust for Endangered Species today 👇
link in bio 🔗ptesshopteemill.org.uk/collection/dormouse
#DormouseWeek 🐭
Recall the historical Roman practice of eating dormice, a small rodent delicacy fattened in special gliraria jars and prepared as a luxury dish for the elite, often stuffed or roasted.
September 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Recall the historical Roman practice of eating dormice, a small rodent delicacy fattened in special gliraria jars and prepared as a luxury dish for the elite, often stuffed or roasted.
I support the Woodland Trust, Farage can FO with that idea, home to rare species like Nightingales and others species, 7 bats species, Purple emperor butterflies, rare fungi, Hazel Dormice etc
September 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I support the Woodland Trust, Farage can FO with that idea, home to rare species like Nightingales and others species, 7 bats species, Purple emperor butterflies, rare fungi, Hazel Dormice etc