The new 2019 State of Nature Report has been published revealing that the amount and distribution of the UK’s species has, on average, declined since 1970. Wildlife is thought to be suffering declines as a result of many factors, with the biggest impacts on nature coming from climate change,...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) biggest ever campaign, Get Dorset Buzzing, received its 4,000th pledge at the Dorset County Show earlier this month. Now, Dorset’s largest wildlife charity has launched an appeal in an effort to Keep Dorset Buzzing, well beyond the end of the campaign.
Get Dorset Buzzing was...
Dorset Council is proposing a temporary extension to the former councils’ rules about dogs in public spaces in order to consult the public and introduce new Dorset-wide Dog-related Public Spaces Protection Orders.
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It is proposed that the existing Orders of former West Dorset, East Dorset, Purbeck and Weymouth &...
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns, made a trip to Brazil this week as the newly appointed Minister for Trade for discussions on future trade and investment opportunities post-Brexit.
Posting on his Twitter, Mr Burns wrote of his meeting with Wilson Witzel, the Governor of Rio stating “This was my first...
Izzy Lindsey-Clark is eleven years old. Like all eleven-year-olds, she has dreams for the future. What does she want to be when she grows up? “I’m not sure what I want to be yet,” she admits, “but I’m hoping to work with marine life in particular, because I care...
Officers investigating the theft of Tinkerbell the cat in Bournemouth are issuing CCTV images of the suspect.
At around 11.55pm on Monday 1 July 2019 a man was seen to walk to the entrance of Super Clean on Wimborne Road in Winton, pick up Tinkerbell from outside the front door...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to announce that on Friday 19th July, Sculpture by the Lakes in Pallington, near Dorchester, will be donating its entrance fees to DWT to help continue funding essential conservation work in Dorset.
There will be guided walks in the morning and afternoon, led by...
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Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to receive a generous donation of £1,500 from the proceeds of the spring plant sale which was held within the grounds of Mapperton House and Gardens this April.
The donation will go towards DWT’s conservation work in Dorset, with some being donated specifically to...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to learn that all 41 of the proposed Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ’s) in England, have been designated. This includes six sites in Dorset. MCZs are marine nature reserves which contain a range of our most important species and habitats.
The sites are: Albert Field;...
