{"id":636361,"date":"2026-06-13T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636361\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:40:09","slug":"leicestershire-to-get-fresh-batch-of-dormice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636361\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicestershire to get fresh batch of dormice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Before entering the wild, each dormouse undergoes a full health check and a four\u2011week quarantine period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They are then paired and placed into nest boxes inside large mesh enclosures designed to mimic natural woodland conditions, complete with foliage, natural light, and fresh food and water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Volunteers will monitor the animals daily for 10 days, ensuring they have enough food and water as they acclimatise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During this settling\u2011in period, the dormice remain inside the mesh enclosures before being released to forage independently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After a final health check at the end of the 10 days, the enclosure doors will be opened, allowing the dormice to explore the woodland freely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Conservationists expect them to breed and gradually disperse into surrounding woodland and hedgerows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before entering the wild, each dormouse undergoes a full health check and a four\u2011week quarantine period. They are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-636361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}