The newsletter of the national dormouse monitoring programme. Hazel dormice in kent ian white, dormouse officer at ptes, takes a closer look at how hazel dormice have been faring in kent since monitoring began over twenty years ago. Licence return data peoples trust for endangered species. The information that you provide will be held by peoples trust for endangered species. National dormouse monitoring programme trends and analysis. Talk from the peoples trust for endangered species conference for monitors and volunteers, held at the university of reading nov 20. Ptes and ecological consultancy, animex, showed that dormice will use an arboreal bridge to cross a railway line. You are on the dormouse monitoring site, to return to the main ptes website, click here.
Monitoring dormice hazeldormiceprotectionptes dormouse protection. Learn how to look for signs of dormice and enter one off sightings. This area is for licensed dormouse monitors who check dormouse nest boxes to enter their records onto the national dormouse monitoring programme ndmp. You are on the dormouse monitoring site, to return to the main ptes website. Adrian will lead a core team of volunteer trainees to conduct the dormouse monitoring project in accordance with the standard ptes guidelines, with the project affording local volunteers the. We are extremely grateful to all our dormouse monitors for their contribution to the programme and to our partners at. Kingdom hazel dormouse muscardinus avellanarius population. This specialist magazine is produced for people who monitor a hazel dormouse site or have a particular interest in dormice. Ptes national dormouse monitoring programme ndmp login. You can view current and past issues in the viewer or as a pdf below. The dormouse monitor by peoples trust for endangered species.
To register as a monitor or set up a new site then please contact susan. Nest tubes are an excellent tool for surveying, but not longterm population monitoring. Dominos pizza delivery driver forced off the road after attack on his car. The national dormouse monitoring programme ndmp was established to monitor the state of the uk hazel dormouse population.
The ndmp is over 25 years old with hundreds of trained monitors regularly checking dormouse boxes throughout the year. The national dormouse monitoring programme is funded by ptes and natural england. The dormouse monitor by peoples trust for endangered. National dormouse monitoring programme ndmp along with our partners at natural england, we collate records from over 400 dormouse monitoring sites across the uk.
Our magazines peoples trust for endangered species ptes. The woods are designated as a site of special scientific inter. Hazel dormice peoples trust for endangered species ptes. The hazel dormouse is a treasured native species here in the uk. Checking nest boxes and handling or photographing dormice. Last year 6,182 dormice were recorded from 414 sites. The range map has been produced by the mammal society applying a range mapping tool as outlined. The results provide greater understanding of artificial dormouse nestsite. Dormouse records collected under a natural england class survey licence should be recorded here and do not need to be reported separately to natural england. Their strong association with our wellloved literary past stems from the sleepy dormouse s starring role in lewis carrolls. Dormouse monitor summer 2017 by peoples trust for endangered. The rare hazel dormice being secretly released in our. Ian also manages the dormouse monitoring programme and training on the ptes nature reserve on the briddlesford estate on the iow and manages the dormouse reintroduction programme.
Ptes dormouse monitor by peoples trust for endangered. Dormouse monitoring programme ndmp run jointly by the ptes and. Ian white, ptes the dormouse monitor 9 volume 1 2014 is the national population of dormice still dec the ndmp was set up to monitor the trend of the dormouse population in the uk. Ptes runs training courses for volunteers wishing to become dormouse monitors and for professional ecologists who work with the species. The dormouse monitor spring 2010 peoples trust for endangered. Feeding dormice in her garden is a nightly occurance for caroline dilke rachel bates lends a hand, training up new monitors on the ptes nature reserve. Using longterm volunteer records to examine dormouse.
Wildlife charity peoples trust for endangered species ptes are releasing. The national dormouse monitoring programme ndmp national. The history of the national dormouse monitoring programme. In the uk, a lack of appropriate woodland management and habitat. The national dormouse database was set up to record oneoff sightings of dormice to provide information on their range and also where populations are likely to exist within their current known range.
Hazel dormice peoples trust for endangered species. We collate and input the records from around 400 dormouse monitoring sites across the uk. Analysis from the national dormouse monitoring programme, which is managed by ptes and cofunded by natural england, suggests that although dormice continue to suffer declines, the rate of. We are extremely grateful to all our dormouse monitors for their contribution to the programme and to our partners at natural england. The history of the national dormouse monitoring programme, pat morris, dormouse monitoring 20. I soon registered the waun las nnr with the national dormouse monitoring project ndmp run by ptes, and with the help of volunteers began checking the boxes on a. Wed love to tell you about our conservation work through our regular newsletter wildlife world, and also how you can save endangered species through volunteering, taking action or donating. Monitors are sent the dormouse monitor update on all things dormouse twice a year and you can sign up to an online dormouse discussion forum. The first commercially available version is now in place over a road in south wales. Staward gorge in northumberland is home to the most northerly population of dormice in the uk.