The badger cull has been rolled out to this county and the killing zone is North Dorset in particular. The target for number of badgers killed is at least 615 and as much as 835 badgers shot through either cage trapping or free shooting. The work is carried out...
Ahead of a House of Commons debate on Thursday 25 October, Dorset Wildlife Trust is urging the Government to heed expert opinion and public feeling and call a halt to the imminent pilot badger cull in Gloucestershire and Somerset. DWT and Wildlife Trusts across the country say that the...
An exhibition by two Dorset artists has raised £2000 for the county’s wildlife. The money was donated by sculptor Sally Derrick and painter Adrian Whittlesea (see Inset) following their ‘Living with Landscape’ exhibition ofworks featuring birds, animals and landscapeat Southover House in Tolpuddle. The two Dorset based artists, donated10% of all sales...
TUES 2 TO FRI 5 EASTER EGG HUNT 10.30 am to 3.00 pm. Lorton Meadows Nature Reserve, Lorton Lane, Upwey, Weymouth, DT3 5QH. Come along to Dorset Wildlife Trust's Lorton Meadows nature reserve for an Easter Egg hunt. Pick up a trail guide from the Conservation Centre and follow the...
SAT 1 LORTON MEADOWS OPEN DAY (Free), 10am – 4pm. The Wildlife Centre is open for visitors, come along for a walk around the reserve, then drop in for a hot drink & peruse our selection of gifts & wildlife books. Plus watch the start of the nesting season...
Five people have been awarded with the Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) ‘Wildlife Champions’ AQA award, which has enabled three of them to enter higher level studies to get a step closer to their dream jobs in conservation. Diane Lawrence, Cathy Dyason, Sheila Dyason, Annette Middleton-Burke and Adam Sherring all...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased to have received notification of a water vole sighting on the River Cerne in Forston, near Dorchester. This is a welcome sighting as the water vole is Britain’s fastest declining mammal. This is the first recorded sighting for many years on the River Cerne...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has received reports of visitors not abiding by the guidance displayed on signage whilst using its nature reserves in Dorset. Visitors are increasingly using nature reserves near to their homes as part of their daily exercise during lockdown measures taken to stop the spread of Covid-19.
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Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve has been used as inspiration for the art exhibition ‘Approaches to Kingcombe’, which is being displayed by local artists as part of the Dorset AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) ‘Drawing Inspiration Project’. The project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund,...
This is something many of you will not know about, so its nice to be able to pass it on.If you ever see a sheep on its back with its legs in the air, you could save its life by turning it back upright! Sheep on their backs are...
