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’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...
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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A Dorset country Christmas comes to Kingcombe next month, with Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Christmas Food and Craft Fayre. The Fayre will feature local food and hand made gifts in the idyllic setting of Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kingcombe Centre. Tucked away in the village of Lower Kingcombe, the Centre specialises in...
Dorset MEP Ashley Fox is questioning the rules regarding the importation of puppies into the UK. It follows Devon based charity the Dogs Trust’s investigation into vets and breeders in Lithuania and Romania, and the worrying ease in which commercial transporters can bring puppies into Great Britain under a scheme designed...
Following the announcement made by MP Owen Paterson, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased that the Government’s badger culling policy is not currently being rolled out to further areas in the UK, including Dorset. The failure of the pilot culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire, which were met with strong...
Dorset MEP Ashley Fox is calling for better enforcement of rules regulating the importation of puppies into the UKThe UK-based Dogs Trust has presented evidence to Mr Fox about diseases being brought into the UK from countries like Lithuania and Romania and the worrying ease in which commercial transporters...
A story on the BBC News website said: “Veterinary scientists have recommended cat owners keep their pets indoors to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.”
The article quoted the president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), Daniella Dos Santos, saying that people should "practise good hand hygiene, try and...
A generous donation of £5,000 from Haskins Garden Centres Ltd has enabled Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and its partners to reach the match-funding target for a grant of £2.7 million from the HLF for the Great Heath Living Landscape project. The project will protect and manage land which provides...
