Fun will be on offer this half term when a new nature trail opens.
The new trail in Thorncombe Woods, near Dorchester, is less than a mile-long and is suitable for off-road mobility scooters. Free trail guides are available.
The trail has been inspired by the best-selling picture book ‘The Lost...
The new 2019 State of Nature Report has been published revealing that the amount and distribution of the UK’s species has, on average, declined since 1970. Wildlife is thought to be suffering declines as a result of many factors, with the biggest impacts on nature coming from climate change,...
Seven Canada Geese carcasses have been found dumped on Dorset Council’s Blackdown Nature Reserve, near Hardy Monument.
The birds were killed and had their breasts removed sometime overnight on 29 September. The remains of the birds were left in a ditch, believed to be the work of poachers.
Cllr Ray Bryan,...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) biggest ever campaign, Get Dorset Buzzing, received its 4,000th pledge at the Dorset County Show earlier this month. Now, Dorset’s largest wildlife charity has launched an appeal in an effort to Keep Dorset Buzzing, well beyond the end of the campaign.
Get Dorset Buzzing was...
Dorset Council is proposing a temporary extension to the former councils’ rules about dogs in public spaces in order to consult the public and introduce new Dorset-wide Dog-related Public Spaces Protection Orders.
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It is proposed that the existing Orders of former West Dorset, East Dorset, Purbeck and Weymouth &...
“Valentine was a rule-breaker, she was a wonderful, inspirational queer women in Dorset who was always bravely herself – I’d have loved to learn about her at school.”
Valentine Ackland was born Mary Kathleen Macrory Ackland in 1906 in Mayfair, London. Her father taught her traditionally male pursuits like boxing...
There's no better way to cool off in the summer sun than with a delicious ice cream, and now dogs can beat the heat just like their owners, with the brand-new Doggy Doggy Yum Yum frozen treat by cult Dorset brand Baboo Gelato. It is a 100% organic frozen...
Are you the next Mary Berry or Prue Leath? If so Taylors Animal Centre on the Kingston Maurward Estate would love to hear from you.
This unique charity, run by RSPCA West Dorset, is celebrating a very special birthday this year. It’s been 15 years since the centre opened...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to announce that on Friday 19th July, Sculpture by the Lakes in Pallington, near Dorchester, will be donating its entrance fees to DWT to help continue funding essential conservation work in Dorset.
There will be guided walks in the morning and afternoon, led by...
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