Dormice in the Vale
Our knowledge of dormouse distribution in the Vale of Glamorgan and across the whole of South Wales is still quite poor and we need volunteers and community groups to help out with a bit of detective work.
We want people to go out looking for discarded hazelnut shells in their local woodlands and along hedgerows. Like many other small mammals, dormice eat hazelnuts, which they open in their own particular way leaving the shell with very distinctive marks. With a little bit of practice volunteers can learn to identify which nuts dormice have opened.
How you can get involved