Bengt Lundberg / Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in autumn. Sweden September.

Colin Seddon / Dormouse. UK. Captive animal

Andrew Cooper / Dormouse hibernating, England

Klaus Echle / Garden dormice babies sleeping in nest {Eliomys quercinus} Germany. Hand raised

Artur Tabor / Forest Dormouse on hazel tree branch, Poland

Artur Tabor / Forest dormouse feeding on pine tree at night. Bialowieski National Park, Poland

Klaus Echle / Garden dormouse female peeps out of nest hole {Eliomys quercinus} Germany hand raised

Colin Varndell / Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) juvenile, Dorset, UK July.

Colin Varndell / Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) feeding, Dorset, UK July.

Colin Varndell / Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) climbing on wild cherry branch. Dorset, UK July.

Kerstin Hinze / Melanistic Common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) resting on a branch, September. Captive

Kerstin Hinze / Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on a twig, Val Mustair, Grisons, Switzerland, September.