Dormouse monitoring

Welcome to the website for the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme (NDMP) and the National Dormouse Database (NDD). It is now possible to enter data records online under both these monitoring schemes.

If you regularly monitor dormouse nestboxes at a site please submit your data to the National Dormouse Monitoring Programme by clicking on the NDMP tab above. If you are not yet registered with us as an NDMP monitor, or wish to set up a new site at which you can install nestboxes and visit at least twice a year (May/June and Sept/Oct), then please contact susan@ptes.org or call 020 7498 4533 for further information and recording forms. Contributors to the dataset receive a copy of 'The Dormouse Monitor' newsletter twice a year, which contains results of analyses along with other articles of relevance, and you can also sign up to an online dormouse discussion forum. The Dormouse Monitor is also available here.

Have you seen a dormouse, found a dormouse nest or have a found a hazel nut that's been chewed by a dormouse? Are you currently surveying an area on behalf of a developer and have several one-off records to submit? To increase our knowledge of the distribution and abundance of dormice, please enter these details in the National Dormouse Database by clicking on the NDD tab above.