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John Daw volunteered with Forestry England at their 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 helping to install dormouse nest tubes and footprint tunnels. 🌳 Tubes and tunnels were installed within a working hazel coppice (undergoing active coppice management) as well as in mature woodland compartments with very little woodland management (at present); which will hopefully provide some interesting results. Both tubes and tunnels will be revisited later this summer and autumn to record (hopefully) the presence of hazel dormice on the site and help inform future management works. If dormice are found to be present, then this will kick start a monitoring scheme using wooden nest boxes as part of the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme run by PTES and raise public awareness of dormice being present at the arboretum. 🌳 #ecology #volunteering #dormouse

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