Boaz Nest Boxes Give Dormice a Helping Hand

🐭🌿 Members at The Boaz Project have been busy building 30 nesting boxes for hazel dormice, one of Britain’s most endangered native mammals.

The boxes were commissioned by Laura Kahane of Wild Earth Ecology and will be installed at a conservation site in Bullington, a wooded meadow beside the River Dever. Hazel dormice have declined by around 70% nationally over the past 25 years, and the boxes will provide safe places for them to nest.

Made in the Boaz workshop from unvarnished plywood recycled from pallets, the boxes follow a design from the People’s Trust for Endangered Species, with a felt roof added to help protect them from the weather.

Members Sam and Sab, alongside Boaz volunteer Stan Boyce, helped install the first set of boxes.

It’s been a great project for our members, offering the chance to learn new skills while contributing to a real conservation effort.