It's precious for wildlife too, sheltering dormice, water voles, bats, and innumerable birds including barn owls. |
To this day, wild edible dormice are consumed in Slovenia, where they are considered a rare delicacy and dormouse trapping an ethnic tradition. |
Exposure of male edible dormice all year round to an unvarying photoperiod and warm temperature disrupted their biological cycles. |
Rabbits are running rampant, dormice numbers are dwindling and otters are on the increase. |
Squirrels, badgers, dormice, and larger animals such as deer are greedy for it. |
The development, he maintains, would also threaten the presence of wildlife including yellowhammers, badgers and dormice. |