Well at least they’ll sleep through the election! Conservationists use 50 nesting boxes to help these cute dormice hibernate until late spring

• By the time this pair of hazel dormice wake up, the election will long be over  
• The dormice have snuggled down to prepare for their winter hibernation 
• They are in one of 50 wooden nesting boxes at National Trust’s Cotehele estate

If you are fed up with all the party political wrangling, you probably envy this cute pair of hazel dormice.

They have snuggled down to prepare for their winter hibernation. By the time they fully wake up in late spring, the election will long be over – and many hope Brexit will be too.

The dormice are in one of 50 wooden nesting boxes at the National Trust’s Cotehele estate in Cornwall. They were photographed in the hand of one of the rangers who carry out monthly checks. 

If you are fed up with all the party political wrangling, you probably envy this cute pair of hazel dormice

The UK’s hazel dormouse population has fallen by a third in 20 years to around 45,000. They are extinct in 17 counties.

Habitat loss is believed to be the main reason. Lead ranger George Holmes said: ‘Sadly, dormice are so rare now that most people will never see one.’

The public are being asked to report sightings to the People’s Trust for Endangered Species at surveydata.ptes.org/dormouse-database

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