On a somewhat damp and misty Sunday morning (20th Nov), I trekked over to Grafton Wood with James, Andy and Veronica to search for hazel nuts eaten by dormice.
After searching through five 20x20m patches of mature hazel coppice for dormouse-gnawed hazel nuts we had to admit that, despite an intensive search effort, we hadn't found any.. However, we discovered many nuts eaten by voles, wood mice and squirrels. We even think that some of the holes had been made by a nut weevil!
Grafton is ideal for dormice so we'll put up tubes there next year to confirm whether or not we've got dormice at Grafton.
I'd like to thank John Tarburn for making some lovely dormouse nest boxes for my surveys at Hunthouse Wood.
We also came across lots of fungi including candle snuff fungus, green wood cup, deceiver and amethyst deceiver.
I'd like to thank John Tarburn for making some lovely dormouse nest boxes for my surveys at Hunthouse Wood.
We also came across lots of fungi including candle snuff fungus, green wood cup, deceiver and amethyst deceiver.
Elizabeth
PS In the meantime, have a look at Surrey Wildlife Trust footage from a survey of dormice next boxes
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