Les muscardins ne gitent pas que dans les arbustes !
Guillaume Marchais
Years ago I remember Pat Morris showing me some cement cubes that Paul Bright had constructed in the hope that dormice might hibernate in them – they were never used though.
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From: ndmpdorm...@googlegroups.com <ndmpdorm...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Nida Al-Fulaij
Sent: 23 April 2020 16:32
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Subject: RE: [NDMPDormouseForum] Dormouse in a brick
Hello everyone
Thanks for sharing that Simone – I’ve already shared with all my family – very nice shots and cute dormouse.
Yes interesting point Goedele, it probably would not be humid enough. Someone tried terracotta roof tiles a while ago, putting them at the base of trees as potential locations for hibernation. But perhaps the material meant that they weren’t appealing.
Best wishes J
From: ndmpdorm...@googlegroups.com [mailto:ndmpd...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Goedele Verbeylen
Sent: 23 April 2020 16:12
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JJJ
I think it will rather be an animal that has woken up from hibernation (during hibernation they need humidity to avoid dehydration, and such bricks will absorb water so not so good for hibernation?). In spring after they left their hibernation nest, we also often find them torpid without a nest in nest tubes and boxes. I guess any safe cavity will do.
Van: ndmpdorm...@googlegroups.com [mailto:ndmpdorm...@googlegroups.com] Namens Simone Bullion
Verzonden: donderdag 23 april 2020 14:36
Aan: ndmpdorm...@googlegroups.com
Onderwerp: [NDMPDormouseForum] Dormouse in a brick
Thought this might be of interest to the forum and also bring on a smile during these very difficult times.
Yesterday on an NDMP site in South Suffolk, some bricks were being moved when a dormouse was spotted asleep in a brick. The bricks were quickly replaced and today the dormouse has gone. The height above ground of the dormouse brick was about 80cm. So the question is, did the dormouse spend the whole winter in the brick without a nest, or was this a location used in this spring period when they are waking up and moving back and forth between hibernation and aerial nests?
It also means that when ecologists are recommending dismantling similar features to avoid impacts on amphibians and reptiles, depending on the time of year we can’t discount dormice either!
Simone Bullion
Essex and Suffolk Dormouse Group