Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to receive a generous donation of £1,500 from the proceeds of the spring plant sale which was held within the grounds of Mapperton House and Gardens this April.
The donation will go towards DWT’s conservation work in Dorset, with some being donated specifically to...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to learn that all 41 of the proposed Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ’s) in England, have been designated. This includes six sites in Dorset. MCZs are marine nature reserves which contain a range of our most important species and habitats.
The sites are: Albert Field;...
An absolutely glorious moment as life is hatched. We were so lucky to be on hand to see this baby cygnet break out of the egg and meet its mother and siblings for the first time.
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Another mummy and daddy with babies.
Feeding time:
If you can get along to Abbotsbury Swannery...
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,...
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...
