We have extended that to cover otters and dormice as endangered species and some cover has been given in legislation to badgers.
I suspect that they are probably destroying more dormice than would ever be destroyed by human beings.
The national population of dormice is estimated to be between 100,000 and 500,000.
Someone said that there is a natural affinity between dormice and children, so that if it is in any danger it ought to be protected.
There were hares and hedgehogs in the fields; and foxes and dormice.
New habitats can be created to entice creatures as varied as dormice and butterflies away from roads.
The woodland contains dormice, the rare lapidary snail, and uncommon plants such as narrow-leaved helleborine and the wild service tree.
The location and age of a beech tree will help dictate where a population of dormice will live, since older trees produce more seeds.
