What to do if you find a dormouse? If you are lucky enough to see a dormouse, please report your sighting to the People's Trust for Endangered Species , to help the conservation charity increase their knowledge of the species. fileslib. How do you do a dormouse survey? Surveys need to show whether hazel dormice are present in the area or nearby, and how they use the site. Survey work can include: visual searches for nests and opened hazelnuts - for smaller projects, such as creating gaps in hedgerows or removing a small amount of bramble scrub. As a result of their full protection under the Habitats Regulations, mitigation on development sites for dormice is governed by a strict licensing procedure
The dormouse conservation handbook / Paul Bright, Pat Morris and Tony Mitchell-Jones ; illustrated by Sarah Wroot. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
The following, with reference to the dormouse conservation handbook is the typical process for undertaking dormouse surveys. Where development works may result