Gaining key insights into how to manage hedgerows for dormice

Recently launched, the National Dormouse Footprint Tunnel Survey will use footprint tunnels to detect the presence or absence of the charismatic but rare hazel dormouse in hedgerows. The need for surveying hazel dormice is clear: it is thought that their population has halved in the last 22 years alone. By combining footprint tunnel surveys with the Great British Hedgerow Survey, we might also gain some key insights into how to optimally manage hedgerow habitats for this iconic species.

Read more here: The National Dormouse Footprint Tunnel Survey - PTES