FRI 1 – IDENTIFY BIRD SONGS & CALLS, SUN 3 Celebrate Dawn Chorus weekend on this workshop learning the art of identifying bird calls & songs with Edward Jackson. Cost R £280 (NR £199). Pre-booking Booking essential – limited places. Book online at www.kingcombe.org or call 01300 320684. ...
Results just released show an exciting increase in wildlife at an important Dorset nature reserve. The unexpected invertebrates, including three nationally scarce beetles, were found in recently constructed ponds at Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Tadnoll and Winfrith reserve. The rare large broadwings mayfly Brachycercus harissellus was also uncovered in the...
Dorset Wildlife Trust has become an affiliated charity with the Bournemouth Marathon Festival, and is inviting runners of all abilities to help us raise money for wildlife in Dorset. We have places for a range of running events taking place in Bournemouth on the 5th and 6th October 2013...
A fire has destroyed an historic railway hut on Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Powerstock Common nature reserve, near Maiden Newton in west Dorset. Arson is strongly suspected. The ‘old gangers’ hut was a registered bat roost for rare lesser horseshoe bats and other species of bats in the...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) welcomes the announcement from Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (Southern IFCA) regarding two new byelaws to protect high risk and sensitive marine habitats in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. These byelaws will now protect reef and seagrass habitats in European Marine Sites...
A recent study found that the squirrels on the East and West side of the Isle of Wight have different gene pools.
This supports conservation work to build tree and hedge "stepping stones" around the island, so they can all mix together.
Other research found that squirrels on the islands have...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is encouraging more young people to go outside this summer and enter the Pat Dolbear digital photograph competition, with their up-close snapshots of wildlife. Set up in September 2012 by Ken Dolbear MBE, in loving memory of his late wife, the Pat Dolbear Photographic...
Poole and Weymouth have been hit by devastating fires impacting on heathland at Canford Heath and the nature reserve at Lodmoor country park.
Fire services were called to both and spent considerable time attempting to put out the flames and dampen the ground.
Earlier scenes on social media from Poole showed...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is starting a clean-up operation following a fire which has destroyed 3 hectares of heathland on its Upton Heath nature reserve, near Corfe Mullen.
The fire started at 3pm on Sunday afternoon (5th August) and was attended to by 30 fire crews (roughly 100 firefighters)...
Steps to halt the abuse and cruel exploitation of horses and donkeys are set out in a report from British MEP Julie Girling which was approved today by a key committee of the European Parliament.As her package of measures for equine welfare received the approval of the EP's Agriculture...
