On a lovely recent May morning I happened to glance out of the bedroom window and saw a strange little creature on the bird feeder hanging from a nearby tree.   I opened the French windows, walked out and saw immediately that the tiny beast was covered with peachy-coloured fur, including its tail.  It was a dormouse.

I quickly fetched my camera and took some photos.  When I looked again some time later it had climbed back down and was busily eating the peanuts.    Twenty minutes later…