Dormice On Your Doorstep


Common dormouseThis is a new three year project based in Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire. The aim is to involve people in local wildlife and natural heritage. The threatened Common Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius is the focal species.

Dormice are endangered and the South West of England is a stronghold for the remaining Dormouse population in Britain, yet dormice records are patchy and incomplete.

Dormice On Your Doorstep has evolved out of the energy and findings of the successful Field Boundaries Project. A key theme from that project was the link between the dormouse, species-rich hedgerows and traditional ways of managing them. Visit the website to find out more about dormice.

Manor Road Update

Over 50 species of plant were recently identified in the newly planted flower meadow at Manor Road Community Woodland in Keynsham. Undeterred by the torrential rain, the Friends of Manor Road Community Woodland and B&NES Countryside Management Officer carried out the survey of the meadow which was sown in 2005.

Friends of Manor Road surveying









Species found included Musk Mallow, Common Knapweed, Ladies Bedstraw, Birds Foot Trefoil and Bladder Campion. For anyone wishing to visit, Manor Road Community Woodland is located between Saltford and Keynsham. There are several access points off Manor Road. For more information please contact Miriam Woolnough, Countryside Management Officer at B&NES Council: (01225) 477612.