A tunnel of love built to encourage breeding between two rare hazel dormice colonies appears to have been shunned.
The 25-yard tube structure, made of wire mesh and lined with leaves, was stretched over a road at Batts Combe Quarry in Cheddar, Somerset.
Environmentalists said the creatures would have a better chance of surviving and creating a larger, healthier population if they united.
But a year after construction, none appears to have made the leap of faith.
Other schemes being looked at are the extension of the hedgerow system over parts of the dormouse range which would allow the animals to move freely between colonies.
But the walkway has proved a hit with other woodland residents with squirrels seen regularly using the link as a race track.
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