{"id":781980,"date":"2026-09-25T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781980\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:26:09","slug":"endangered-dormice-on-babers-farm-signal-healthy-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781980\/","title":{"rendered":"Endangered dormice on Babers Farm signal healthy landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Babers is one of the first CRT farms to return positive dormouse results after a fundraising appeal to fund surveys and habitat improvements across its 16 properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The survival of dormice is dependent on diverse woodland, species-rich hedgerows and connected habitats that provide year-round food and shelter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">CRT conservation officer Ruth Moss said: &#8220;It&#8217;s really encouraging to see evidence of hazel dormouse presence on the farm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As the survey progresses, the results will build up a more complete picture of where, within the areas surveyed, dormice are present on the farm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Having a current set of data helps us to manage these areas with dormice in mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The CRT works with tenant farmers to restore soil health, improve biodiversity and strengthen the natural ecosystem while producing food. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Footprint tunnels have also been installed at Bere Marsh Farm in Dorset and at Pierrepont Farm and Green Farm in Surrey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Babers is one of the first CRT farms to return positive dormouse results after a fundraising appeal to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-781980","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\/781980","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=781980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}