Surveys for dormice using nest tubes should cover a whole season and normally take place between March and October with tubes being checked once a month. Nut searches are undertaken from September to November.
Dormouse surveys are undertaken using a range of techniques, including the following:
- Thorough in-depth desk-based assessments
- habitat assessment to help determine likely absence/ presence and to target further survey work
- nest tube surveys
- nut searches
- European Protected Species Mitigation licence application
- translocation and mitigation for hazel dormouse