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Ecology and reproduction: Dormice are mainly nocturnal and are agile climbers, spending most of their time foraging up trees, rarely coming down to ground level. They can spend up to three quarters of their lives asleep in round nests made from honeysuckle bark and leaves. Normally these nests would be built in hedges or holes in trees, but they will very happily use man-made dormouse boxes. The breeding season is between June and September and there are normally four or five young in a litter. Over the cold winter months they will hibernate on or below the ground, waking up in the spring.
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