Nesting dormice to blame for broken ticket machine

The next time you miss your train because of a faulty ticket machine, blame it on the edible dormouse.



Two of the rare mammals, also known as Glis Glis, were found cosied up inside a permit to travel machine at Little Kimble station in Buckinghamshire after it stopped working. The duo are now being cared for at St Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital.

Mark Cooper, the station's Customer Service Manager, said: 'The permit to travel machine was not working and when we opened the machine up to find out what the problem was we found a group of Glis Glis and contacted St Tiggywinkles.'



He added: 'We were glad to see the animals taking such an interest in the Chiltern Railways services from Little Kimble.' British law does not allow the release of Edible Dormice back into the wild as are an introduced species, even though the Chilterns have been home to wild Glis Glis for well over a hundred years.