This May, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Kingcombe Centre is celebrating the sounds of spring by inviting people to come and experience the unique and special songs of the dawn chorus on DWT’s Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve in west Dorset. On Friday 1st May – Sunday 3rd May, the Kingcombe...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased to be taking part in the Bournemouth Natural Science Society’s (BNSS) open day on Saturday 11th April, with a series of wildlife gardening workshops. DWT experts will be available all day, on hand to offer wildlife friendly gardening advice, with hands-on workshops,...
In a project led by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and supported by the Mayor of Dorchester, Dorset’s county town will receive the first ever community grass free lawn to be planted in the UK on 6thApril (Easter Monday), in Dorchester’s Borough Gardens. Since September 2014, DWT has distributed 1,500...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Chesil Beach Centre is delighted to be hosting a book signing with Dorset resident, Professor James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia Theory and inventor of the microwave oven. The book signing, which will take place at 2pm on Friday 27th March at the Fine...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is asking for help to build boxes for vulnerable barn owls in Dorset, as part of the barn owl appeal which has so far raised nearly £29,000 since June 2014. DWT now needs more boxes to provide shelter and safety to threatened barn owls, and...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is looking for volunteers to take part in a ‘mass planting’ of wild flowers in Bridport, as part of a plan to recreate the colour and diversity of the county’s stunning Coronation Meadow, Lady’s Mead, in west Dorset. Volunteers have grown hundreds of wild flower...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to announce the launch of the popular annual ‘Wildlife Friendly Garden competition’ for 2015, which is now in its fifth year. Sponsored by the Gardens Group of Castle Gardens and Poundbury, all entrants will get a visit to their garden from a judge...
This spring, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) will be raising awareness of the decline of hedgehogs, one of the UK’s best-loved garden visitors, with a campaign leaflet that will reach over 120,000 homes in Dorset. Working with local illustrator, David Burton, the story of ‘Horatio’ the hedgehog is hoped to...
Poole Harbour Commissioners, Borough of Poole and Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) were delighted to launch the Holes Bay Nature Park in Poole on Thurday. The Nature Park is a new initiative to bring together landowners, local communities and local businesses to enjoy and help to look after this...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is shocked and bitterly disappointed that Studland Bay has not been included in the latest MCZ (Marine Conservation Zone) public consultations. 23 other sites around England are being considered, as well as additional conservation features for the Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges MCZ and the...
