STOLEN from Portland Dorset PLEASE share and help us find her.
REWARD GIVEN FOR HER SAFE RETURN!
Please can everyone keep their eyes open. Most distinguishable feature is a save patch on each of their front legs. Came over the field this morning, her hutch it locked and she's not in...
Over the Easter weekend, low tides surfaced some unusual findings at Kimmeridge and Charmouth where the ‘furrowed crab’ (Xantho hydrophilus) was found. This crab is very common further in the southwest in Devon and Cornwall but has been very rarely recorded in Dorset.
It is a climate-change indicator, expected...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has been made aware of an unusual amount of stranded seahorses being washed up on Dorset beaches within a couple of weeks of one another, thanks to members of the public posting their finds on social media.
The first report came from Studland on 29th March,...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased to welcome a new pair of barn owls to its nesting box at the Lorton Meadows Nature Reserve in Weymouth. This weekend the first of two eggs hatched, and the moment was captured on the webcam, which is streaming live from the DWT...
Following the success of over 2,500 local people signing up to the Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) Get Dorset Buzzing campaign, we are hosting a special talk and question and answer session with gardening guru, Neil Lucas, from Knoll Gardens at Wimborne’s Allendale Centre on Saturday 27th April.
Neil is one...
If you see a large cloud of bees congregating somewhere or a large cluster of them hanging on a branch, sign, fence post, etc, DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED! These bees are homeless wayward travellers and looking for a new place to set up a hive.
They not only have no...
On Wednesday 20th March, the first day of spring, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is launching its biggest ever campaign, Get Dorset Buzzing, sponsored by the Gardens Group and Wessex Water. The campaign is in response to the well-reported decline of pollinators nationally and aims to get over 2,000 people...
There is Selective Mutism within the Dorset Echo and other news outlets.
Selective mutism is a disorder whereby some people are too socially anxious are too afraid to speak.
I am asking the question that has been asked by a lot of people for a long time “Are local media establishments...
South Dorset Hunt, meet at Charborough House on the Charbourgh Estate.
Today's meet for the SD Hunt was on the private estate of Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Earnle-Erle-Drax, common name Richard Drax, conservative MP for South Dorset. Pro Badger Cull, pro shooting, pro hunt and right at the top of the list...
DWT is aware of a common dolphin, porpoise and harbour seal all washing up recently on beaches in and around Poole Bay. The cause of death can only be ascertained from fresh carcasses. Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme- UK strandings can do this but we must act fast. Please report...
