14.1 C
Dorset
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Rare native elm trees on Brownsea Island are being protected under a new monitoring scheme in an effort to save them from Dutch Elm...
As we arrived at the car park the clouds parted and what had been a very wet morning turned into a very pleasant autumn...
The winners of the 2012 Living Churchyard Competition have been announced by Dorset Wildlife Trust, following the visits of expert judges to over 25...
Another lucky afternoon of dry weather (well nearly) after an incredibly wet 24 hours. We set off in very windy conditions but lovely bright sunshine...
This was our second attempt this walk, after giving up on a very wet July 2nd. Today we still didn't manage to reach our...
We are often lucky with the weather on Monday afternoons but today was nothing short of miraculous, as we enjoyed a two-hour window of...
Before we could start this walk in one of my very favourite parts of Dorset we had to overcome a considerable obstacle - a...

The Schmallenberg Virus

In August 2011, a mysterious disease appeared in adult cattle in the west German town of Schmallenberg, situated some 70 miles east of Cologne...
Today we visited one of the top botanical sites in the county. Corfe Common has been grazed for hundreds of years and its...
We had already decided that we would chicken out of the walk up the ridiculously steep sides of Hod Hill and instead enjoy a...