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17-11-2009, 10:03 PM
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| | | Dormouse in my garden
My wife spotted this fellow while I was at work on Monday: 
So, finally, I get to live up to my WAB alias (even if I didn't actually see the dormouse myself).
I'd be interested to know if anyone knows of reports of dormice visiting bird feeders in broad daylight like this. The pics were taken at 2.30pm (through double-glazing, hence the poor quality) and the dormouse stayed in full view for at least 10 minutes before ambling off. |
17-11-2009, 10:11 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
It looks quite big against the bird feeder, I wonder if it's a glis glis - the edible dormouse, though I thought they were only to be found around Tring in Hertfordshire. I would add that I've seen neither, though I'd like to!
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17-11-2009, 10:45 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
i think that is a common dormouse(muscardinus avellanarius) ... the Edible Dormouse(glis glis) is much larger and greyer in colour and tail is alot bushier than that of the common dormouse.
It's unusual to see dormice at all let alone in broad daylight, it may well be that the dormouse regularly visits the bird feeder on a night time too.
They are absolutely stunning creatures!
Last edited by Alex90; 17-11-2009 at 10:49 PM.
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18-11-2009, 06:20 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: nottingham
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
definatley hazel dromouse M. avellarinus. he looks a little fat!
great sighting and pic, a rare sight indeed! |
18-11-2009, 10:24 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
They do plump up at this time of year, getting ready for the long winter hibernation  |
18-11-2009, 11:05 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
What a wonderful visitor! Wish I had dormice on my bird feeders, but no such lucky in sunny (?) Yorkshire.....  |
19-11-2009, 12:07 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
There are 3 more pics in the series, all taken by my other half, which I'll post later.
I'm still trying to establish how unusual this sighting is.
We knew there were hazel dormice in the garden and the surrounding lanes and woods (I've found chewed nuts; there are dormice nestboxes locally). It's just that we never in our wildest dreams expected to get photographic evidence like this... |
19-11-2009, 10:14 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
Quote:
Originally Posted by muscardinus 
There are 3 more pics in the series, all taken by my other half, which I'll post later.
| Here are the record shots as promised. The animal's pre-hibernation fat is clearly visible.   
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21-11-2009, 12:01 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
Wow, that's amazing!!! |
21-11-2009, 02:59 PM
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| | | Re: Dormouse in my garden
Lucky - I've never seen one!
The images are rather dark. I've taken the liberty of adjusting one in Photoshop: 
It's still attributed to you, 'muscardinus'.
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