Dormice, whose name is thought to come from the French word, dormir, meaning 'to sleep', spend three quarters of their lives snoozing.

Leigh Woods is home to a rare breeding programme helping to reintroduce endangered hazel dormice across the UK ...

Researchers found this dormouse in a part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park where the threatened mammal has not been recorded before A rare hazel dormouse has been found in Pembrokeshire.