JTM wrote:
No not the (common, usually shrub dwelling) dormouse, but its cousin the
garden dormouse (Lérot) which is not protected. They sometimes wait and
allow themselves to be picked up when we find them inside the house, but
from experience I've found they need depositing about 1/2 a mile or more
away.

I'd never heard of the Lérot. A little digging tells me that protected
or not it's a red book species...

Andy