A rare seaside moth has been discovered on Brownsea Island nature reserve for the first time. Moth trapping by Dorset Wildlife Trust wardens on the island has already revealed over 700 species but the latest find was a particular surprise – Gymnancyla canella – found only in sandy coastal...
An exhibition by two Dorset artists is to benefit the natural environment that inspires their art. ‘Living with Landscape’ features the work of sculptor Sally Derrick and painter Adrian Whittlesea at the magnificent Jacobean-style manor, Southover House, in Tolpuddle. The two Dorset based artists, who are presenting a wide range...
A dead whale was found on a remote shore near Rope Lake Head, Purbeck last week. Local resident and author of Purbeck Revealed, Ilay Cooper, made the surprise discovery of the 13.6m (44.6ft) mammal whilst walking along the shore at low tide. Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Marine Conservation Officer, Emma...
Politicians, musicians, comedians and actors are just some of the big-hearted celebrities who have donated original drawings for a unique auction in aid of Dorset’s wildlife. The Wild Art Auction will be launched online in November by Dorset Wildlife Trust, featuring more than 50 sketches of wildlife especially created by...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is calling for volunteers to help with practical conservation at Powerstock Common. The new monthly Sunday work parties are being led by DWT warden Steve Masters to help protect the outstanding wildlife and habitats of one of the most important reserves in Dorset. Covering nearly 300 acres,...
Another afternoon dominated by fungi, but with a fairly respectable bird list too.Click on the photos below to see the relevant iSpot page. You do not need to be enrolled in iSpot to view these pages. © Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Pestle Puffball?© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Slime Mould© Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Mycena?© Bob Ford/Nature...
Dorset Wildlife Trust urges the Government to listen to Parliament after MPs backed a motion calling on the Government to abandon its planned badger cull. It was announced on Tuesday that pilot culling schemes in Gloucestershire and Somerset would be delayed until 2013, following a request from the farmers...
Stuart Montgomery, proprietor of SGM Hair in Dorchester completed an employer questionnaire, sent out by the work based learning department at Weymouth College. Stuart was picked at random to win a fantastic prize, following from the completion of the questionnaire, of an iPad 3. NVQ and Apprenticeships manager at...
People can get up close to the wildlife of the River Allen without getting a toe wet, with the new Waterside screen in Wimborne. Liquid Gold, a film about the river made by world-renowned film maker Hugh Miles, will be the first to be shown in the town’s Allendale...
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...
