Danny Green / Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating amongst leaves and acorns. Captive. Leicestershire, UK, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Juvenile Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on a Rowan ash (Sorbus aucuparia) branch, with berries, Captive, occurs in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Kerstin Hinze / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) climbing on rose hips, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), Chestnut coppice and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta). Careful chestnut and hazel coppicing benefits dormice. Kent, UK, April 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) running up branch in coppiced hazel tree, Kent, UK. Photographed in wild under licence with remote camera (camera trap), October

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) in coppiced hazel tree, Kent, UK. Photographed in wild under licence with remote camera (camera trap), September. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), Kent, UK. Members of Kent Mammal Group conduct monthly dormouse survey, torpid dormouse hibernating in nest box in coppiced woodland, November 2011. Did you...

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.

John Waters / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding, catches worm and washes it in water, Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus), Uto, Finland, November.

Erlend Haarberg / Great snipe (Gallinago media) displaying, Norway, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) vocalising on post, Iceland

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in snow, Wales, UK, March. Crop of 01392268. Did you know? The tweeting noise made by a male snipe during its display flight is caused by the wind whistling through...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) standing in shallow water in snow, Wales, UK, March

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding in shallow water in snow, Wales, UK, March

Mike Wilkes / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) probing for worms, Warwickshire, UK, February

Erlend Haarberg / Male Great snipe (Gallinago media) calling during display, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, May

Erlend Haarberg / Male Great snipe (Gallinago media) displaying, Norway, June

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) perched on fencepost, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? The tip of a snipe's beak contains nerve e...

Andy Rouse / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in snow. Wales, UK, December.