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As we move into the new year, it’s once again time to submit your dormouse survey data. There are several different reporting routes, depending on the type of work you’ve carried out, so we’ve put together the guidance …

Thanks to your support, PTES is funding pioneering work in India to save two of the world’s rarest primates: golden langurs and western hoolock gibbons. Roads and deforestation have fragmented …

A special thank you to Wildwood Kent and Jazz Woollard for contributing this article. In August, we announced a new project at Wildwood Kent that is improving how small mammals …

New dormouse handbooks They have been a long time in preparation, but we are delighted to announce that the third editions of the Hazel Dormouse Conservation and Mitigation Handbooks have …

If you’ve ever lifted the lid of a nest box on a cool morning and found a curled-up dormouse barely moving, you’ve probably witnessed torpor in action. This fascinating state …

Historical records Hazel dormice are small, shy, and nocturnal, spending most of their lives in trees and shrubs. These traits make them difficult to find and even harder to monitor …

You and I are simians, the family of primates that includes monkeys and apes, and like all simians, we sit on a branch of the mammal family tree.  As such, …

Jen Bousfield has been monitoring dormice in five woodlands in Devon since 2010. Earlier this year she had a close encounter with a dormouse that she wasn’t expecting: One evening …

PTES staff, volunteers, and conservation partners unite to restore a cherished native species in Leicestershire In March 2025, excitement rippled through the Bradgate Park Trust volunteer team. A new species …

People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and NatureSpace are collaborating to develop survey methodology and protocol to produce a more robust map of dormouse presence and distribution within a county. …

Outside your window, there are some ferocious predators: from insects to insectivores, and caterpillars to cats, fierce carnivores prowl around every corner. A lot of wild mammals, although not strictly …

Returning dormice to Leicestershire This week, we’ve reintroduced over 20 rare hazel dormice into a secret woodland location in Leicestershire, creating the county’s only known population of the tiny mammals. …