A tiny hazel #dormouse has been rescued after being found "immobile and vulnerable" on a lawn in #Sussex.
WRAS recommends that if anyone finds a small #mammal that is cold, unresponsive, or out in the open, they should seek advice from a #wildlife rescue as soon as possible and avoid attempting to care for the #animal themselves.
#dormouse
#Wikipedia - #HazelTrees! Another tree that is found in many locations in the Northern Hemisphere!
Excerpt: "Corylus has around 14–18 species. The circumscription of species in eastern Asia is disputed, with World Flora Online and the Flora of China differing in which taxa are accepted, within this region. WFO accepts 17 species while Flora of China accepts 20 species (including Corylus mandshurica).
Only those taxa accepted by both sources are listed below.
The species are grouped as follows:
Nut surrounded by a soft, leafy involucre, multiple-stemmed, suckering shrubs to 12 m tall
Involucre short, about the same length as the nut
- Corylus americana – American hazel, eastern North America
- Corylus avellana – Common hazel, Europe and western Asia
- Corylus heterophylla – Asian hazel, Asia
- Corylus yunnanensis – Yunnan hazel, central and southern China
Involucre long, twice the length of the nut or more, forming a 'beak'
- Corylus colchica – Colchican filbert, Caucasus
- Corylus cornuta – Beaked hazel, North America
- Corylus maxima – Filbert, southeastern Europe and southwest Asia
- Corylus sieboldiana – Asian beaked hazel, northeastern Asia and Japan (syn. C. mandshurica)
Nut surrounded by a stiff, spiny involucre, single-stemmed trees to 20–35 m tall
Involucre moderately spiny and also with glandular hairs
- Corylus chinensis – Chinese hazel, western China
- Corylus colurna – Turkish hazel, southeastern Europe and Asia Minor
- Corylus fargesii – Farges' hazel, western China
- Corylus jacquemontii – Jacquemont's hazel, Himalaya
- Corylus wangii – Wang's hazel, southwest China
Involucre densely spiny, resembling a chestnut burr
- Corylus ferox – Himalayan hazel, Himalaya, Tibet and southwest China (syn. C. tibetica).
"Several hybrids exist, and they can occur between species in different sections of the genus, e.g. Corylus × colurnoides (C. avellana × C. colurna). The oldest confirmed hazel species is Corylus johnsonii found as fossils in the Ypresian-age rocks of Ferry County, Washington.
"Chilean hazel (Gevuina avellana), despite its name, is not related to this genus.
Ecology
"At least 21 species of #fungus have a #mutualistic relationship with hazel. Lactarius pyrogalus grows almost exclusively on hazel, and hazel is one of two kinds of host for the rare Hypocreopsis rhododendri. Several rare species of Graphidion lichen depend on hazel trees. In the UK, five species of moth are specialised to feed on hazel including Parornix devoniella. Animals which eat hazelnuts include #RedDeer, #dormouse and #RedSquirrel.
Uses
"The nuts of all hazels are edible. The common hazel is the species most extensively grown for its nuts, followed in importance by the #filbert. Nuts are also harvested from the other species, but apart from the filbert, none is of significant commercial importance.
"A number of cultivars of the common hazel and filbert are grown as ornamental plants in gardens, including forms with contorted stems (C. avellana 'Contorta', popularly known as "Corkscrew hazel" or "Harry Lauder's walking stick" from its gnarled appearance); with weeping branches (C. avellana 'Pendula'); and with purple leaves (C. maxima 'Purpurea').
"Hazel is a traditional material used for making #wattle, withy #fencing, #baskets, and the frames of #Coracleboats. The tree can be coppiced, and regenerating shoots allow for harvests every few years. There is a seven-year cycle (cut and grow) for hurdle (fence) making.
"Hazels are used as food plants by the larvae of various species of #Lepidoptera including Eriocrania chrysolepidella.
Culture
"The #Celts believed hazelnuts gave one wisdom and inspiration. There are numerous variations on an ancient tale that nine hazel trees grew around a sacred pool, dropping into the water nuts that were eaten by salmon (a fish sacred to #Druids), which absorbed the wisdom. A Druid teacher, in his bid to become omniscient, caught one of these special salmon and asked a student to cook the fish, but not to eat it. While he was cooking it, a blister formed and the pupil used his thumb to burst it, which he naturally sucked to cool, thereby absorbing the fish's wisdom. This boy was called #FionnMacCumhail (Fin McCool) and went on to become one of the most heroic leaders in Gaelic mythology.
" 'The #HazelBranch' from #Grimms' Fairy Tales claims that hazel branches offer the greatest protection from snakes and other things that creep on the earth. In the Grimm tale '#Cinderella', a hazel branch is planted by the protagonist at her mother's grave and grows into a tree that is the site where the girl's wishes are granted by birds."
Learn more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel
#SolarPunkSunday #Hazelnuts #HazelTrees #CelticMythology #NutTrees #Trees
In analysing #rodent fossils, scientists funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation have come up with a novel hypothesis: #hibernation was a survival strategy 34 million years ago.
#dormouse
Sie wird bis zu 17 Zentimeter lang, hat einen buschigen Schwanz und fühlt sich offenbar im Kronacher Stadtwald sehr wohl: die #Haselmaus. Das kleine Nagetier aus der Familie der #Bilche hat die Nistkästen für sich erobert.
Ursprünglich waren die 200 Nistkästen im Rahmen der „Spurensuche Gartenschläfer“ installiert worden. Mit diesem Monitoringnetz können Daten zum Bestand und Rückschlüsse zum genetischen Austausch der Populationen gewonnen werden.
#dormouse #TeamBilch
weil sich die gfrasta eh nicht aus der küche fernhalten lassen, und weil sie sonst alles anknabbern, haben wir beschlossen, sie gezielt zu füttern... interessanterweise sind sie recht ordentlich, du legst ihnen mehrere äpfel hin und und sie fressen nicht alle an, sondern erst einen komplett auf und dann den nächsten.
#siebenschläfer #dormouse
Der kuschelige #Siebenschläfer bereitet sich auf seinen Winterschlaf vor und baut sich ein warmes Nest.
#Bilch #dormouse #TeamBilch
Der #Siebenschläfer kann, wenn er zu wenig Futter findet, an seinen #Winterschlaf sogar noch einen #Sommerschlaf dranhängen. So schafft er es, rund elf Monate durchzupennen. Anna besucht zwei Forschende in Wien, die alles über den kleinen #Nager wissen.
#Bilch #dormouse
Why this mouse doesn't look like a door at all.
#photography #nature #wildlife #dormouse #mouse #sussex
http://dailyphoto.creativesplurges.com/2025/11/15/dormouse-2/
#Haselmaus, #Gartenschläfer & Co - Unsere heimischen Bilche und Schlafmäuse
Mit dem Referenten Dr. Sven Büchner
Die Veranstaltung findet am 13. Januar 2026 statt.
Sie wird als Online-Format von 18:00 – 20:00 Uhr über die Meeting-Plattform Zoom durchgeführt.
Die Teilnehmerzahl ist auf 500 begrenzt.
Eine Anmeldung ist bis 12. Januar, 18 Uhr möglich.
#Siebenschläfer #Baumschläfer #bilch #dormouse #TeamBilch
https://helfen.bund-naturschutz.de/artenkennerreihe-bilche-13-01-2026/
ENCOURAGING signs of #dormouse activity have been recorded in the restored woodland at Pentre Ifan, North Pembrokeshire, as part of a new #wildlife monitoring project.
The #hazeldormouse is one of the UK’s most threatened native mammals, listed as Vulnerable on the Mammal Society’s Red List. Populations have fallen by more than 70% since 2000, largely due to #habitatloss and fragmentation.
#Haselmaus #bilch
https://pembrokeshire-herald.com/125439/dormouse-discoveries-bring-new-hope-at-pentre-ifan/
A population of hazel dormice has been located in a nature reserve in West #Sussex.
The rodents' presence was confirmed when their distinctive triangular footprints were found in tunnels laid down to track their movements.
The tiny nocturnal species has already disappeared from 20 counties in #England since the 19th Century.
#Climatechange has also disrupted their hibernation patterns.
#dormouse #hazeldormouse #Haselmaus #bilch
#Siebenschläfer #Webcam
Bis heute Abend 23 Uhr sind die Kameras noch online. Nutzt die Gelegenheit und schaut nochmal vorbei:
The first time in my life that I meet a dormouse (Glis glis)!! They are so incredibly cute! Just the sweetest little creatures :blobheart: :blobimfine:
In German they are called "Siebenschläfer" which means "seven sleeper" because they hibernate so incredibly long :)
#wildlife #dormouse #cuteanimals #cutenessoverload #nativeanimals #siebenschläfer #sjusovare
Zum Start des Wintersemesters soll der neue Raum der Stille für Studierende und Beschäftigte der Uni Hohenheim geöffnet werden. Doch es könnte zu einer Verzögerung kommen. Denn gerade hat ein etwas anderer Campusbewohner den gemütlichen Rückzugsort für sich entdeckt: ein #Siebenschläfer.
#Bilch #dormouse
https://www.swr.de/leben/lebensgeschichten/tierische-randale-im-raum-der-stille-100.html
The summer has been a "bumper" breeding season for dormice in #Hampshire conservationists have said.
Volunteers from the Hampshire Dormice Group, who have been carrying out surveys to monitor the tiny mammal, said the warm, dry summer had allowed them more time to breed.
#dormouse #hazeldormouse #bilch
Noch bis zum 15.10.sind die Siebenschläfer in den Webcams zu beobachten – dann werden für diese Siebenschäfersaison die Webcams abgeschaltet.
Hier gehts zu den Kameras:
Wer seinen #Garten "schlafmausfreundlich" gestalten möchte, sollte diese Punkte beachten:
-insektenfreundliche Bepflanzung mit heimischen Arten
-sichere Wasserstelle
-Nistmöglichkeiten
-Lebensraumvernetzung (Anbindung an benachbarte Lebensräume)
-Verzicht auf Pestizide
-Sicherung von Regentonnen
-Nisthilfen und Wasserschalen an sicheren Orten
Je naturbelassener/abwechslungsreicher ein Garten ist, desto besser für die Schlafmaus.
#Bilch #dormouse #Gartenschläfer
Anna macht sich heute zusammen mit Sven auf die Suche nach der seltenen Haselmaus. Dabei lernt sie schnell: Wer Haselmäuse finden will, der muss nach Haselnüssen suchen. Und zwar nach leergeknabberten mit einem kreisrunden Loch.
Eine seltene Beobachtung zeigt ein YouTube-Video auf dem Kanal von „Wilde Natur Griechenlands“ (Άγρια φύση της Ελλάδας/Agria Fysi tis Elladas):Am Fuße des Taygetos-Gebirges auf der Peloponnes konnten die Hobbybiologen einen #Baumschläfer (Dryomys nitedula) bei seiner nächtlichen Erkundungstour filmen.Er gehört zur Nagetierfamilie der #Bilche und ist streng geschützt.Bevorzugt lebt er in dichten Wäldern; in #Griechenland ist er allerdings selten vertreten.
#dormouse
Фондация Хабитат идва на Фестивал на царския орел за вълнуваща среща на живо! 🦅
На 18 октомври в Тополовград ще ви разкажем за един по-малък, но много значим герой на Сакар - мишевидния сънливец.🐭
https://eaglefest.bg
#discovermammals #dormouse #сънливец #Sakar #Bulgaria #България #Сакар #festival #фестивал
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