Description
The Garden Dormouse is a species that is subject to a lot of research. If you are considering installing a garden dormouse nesting box, it is advisable to first consult the most recent distribution map to check if there is a distribution area of the garden dormouse in your vicinity https://waarnemingen.be/species/391/maps/?. If this is the case, installation of this box is highly recommended. The species has been doing so poorly in recent decades that they could use all the support they can get.
INSTALLATION
The nesting box is placed with the opening towards the tree trunk, so that they can approach the nesting box more safely. To keep a nesting box with entrance towards the trunk accessible, there are two horizontal slats/bars attached as spacers on the wooden garden dormouseboxes. The box is hung at a height of at least 1.5 m and preferably around fruit-bearing trees and in the vicinity of dense vegetation of shrubs or tree clusters. A hanging on an old barn in a wooded environment can also be successful.
Omdat eikelmuizen vaak ten prooi vallen aan katten kan het nuttig zijn deze nestkast te plaatsen in combinatie met een marter- /kattengordel rondom de boomstam.
MAINTENANCE
Inspection and maintenance of the nest box is prohibited without a permit, as the garden dormouse is a protected species. If there are old tit nests in the box, leave them in place, the dormice will happily convert them into their own nest.
