A farmer has been prosecuted for causing unnecessary suffering to a cow left on the ramp of a Dorset slaughterhouse and for breaching TB disease control restrictions by illegally moving livestock.
On Friday 27 April at Poole Magistrates’ Court, Graham Lee John Charles Anstey (aged 44, of Sparkford, Somerset), pleaded guilty...
Weymouth SEA LIFE is celebrating World Penguin Day on Wednesday, April 25 by encouraging children to wear penguin fancy dress for £1 admission, which will be donated to the Sphenisco penguin charity.
The park is an official member of the Sphenisco ‘Save the Humboldt Penguin’ campaign and is hosting a...
A fire has destroyed an historic railway hut on Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Powerstock Common nature reserve, near Maiden Newton in west Dorset. Arson is strongly suspected. The ‘old gangers’ hut was a registered bat roost for rare lesser horseshoe bats and other species of bats in the...
March started with county (and the whole country) in the grip of the 'beast from the east!'. Most of Britain had an extensive covering of snow and even down here in the soft south conditions were pretty dire for a couple of days. This not only wrought havoc with...
To see our volunteering opportunities, visit www.dorsetwildifetrust.org.uk/volunteering WED 2 WALKING WITH NATURE, KINGCOMBE MEADOWS THROUGH THE SEASONS, 2pm – 4pm. Take a gentle guided stroll through Kingcombe meadows Nature Reserve followed by tea and cake. This is an opportunity to explore the many paths and trails and discover...
A new training programme ‘Wild Paths’ has been awarded £501,100 of National Lottery funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), under its Skills for the Future programme, allowing five Wildlife Trusts in the South West to train 30 aspiring conservationists over the next three years. The scheme is designed...
Dave Cumber Vets sponsored the first ever “Weymouth Walkies” dog walking event in Weymouth on Sunday 25th March 2018, which was the last Sunday that dogs are officially allowed on the whole stretch of Weymouth Beach. In 2016 Weymouth & Portland Borough Council changed the rules reducing the time...
This Easter, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has some ‘roar-some’ events lined up for families to enjoy in our visitors centres and nature reserves across Dorset. On Thursday 5th April (10-4pm) The Kingcombe Centre is celebrating the arrival of Dippy the Diplodocus in Dorset with a dinosaur-themed day, including a...
Conservationists and volunteers at Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) were delighted to find the first evidence of harvest mice at the Upton Heath Nature Reserve in Corfe Mullen. The first nest discovery was made by volunteer and DWT member Anna Smith on an Urban Weekender volunteering work party on 25thFebruary. DWT...
We thought we weren't going to get any frogspawn in our pond this year but they finally spawned last night. It was like welcoming back old friends. I've never known them mate this late. Most years they're finished by mid-Feb though the earliest I ever found spawn was in...
