With another round of badger culls about to start across most of the county, Dorset residents might find my Beginner's Guide to the Government's Badger Control Policy useful:- 1. Ignore scientific advice 2. Ignore the British Veterinary Association who oppose the cruelty of free-shooting 3. Kill thousands of badgers...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is launching its first ever online summer raffle which has fantastic prizes donated by local businesses. The top prize is a weekend break for two (worth £250) in a luxury Greenwood Grange Cottage, just 5 minutes from Thomas Hardy’s birthplace. Other prizes include a round of...
Generally speaking, and I mean generally not specifically, birds set up territories in April, build nests and lay eggs in May, feed their young during June and the young fledge in July. The timing varies by species depending on available food supplies for their young but, as a rule...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is celebrating national Marine Week from 29th July – 13th August with a series of marine-themed events for all ages, to help spread the word that our seas need protection, and to inspire local people to think about their relationship with the sea. The Sea...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is giving children in Dorset an opportunity to be wild this summer, with a host of wildlife themed activities and events in its visitor Centres and nature reserves across the county. Over at the Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre, discover the ‘Peculiar Plankton of the...
Whilst ospreys are not the rarest bird to visit Dorset by any means they provided the main talking point for June this year; will they or won't they nest in Dorset next year? Some time ago now the RSPB put up platforms on poles on their reserve at Arne...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased to have received notification of a water vole sighting on the River Cerne in Forston, near Dorchester. This is a welcome sighting as the water vole is Britain’s fastest declining mammal. This is the first recorded sighting for many years on the River Cerne...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) webcam has recorded the largest number of barn owl chicks ready to fledge from the nest box located at the Lorton Meadows nature reserve in Weymouth since the camera was installed in 2010, by Wildlife Windows*. The webcam, which is sponsored by Dorset Tea, has...
SAT 1 NEEDLE FELTED BUTTERFLY WORKSHOP, Design and create your own needle felted butterfly brooch or picture with Carla Taylor. For more information and to book go to www.kingcombe.org. The Kingcombe Centre, Lower Kingcombe, Dorchester, DT2 0EQ. Contact 01300 320684. SAT 1 WILDFLOWER WALK AT LORTON MEADOWS, 2pm –...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Kingcombe Centre is hosting a weekend of events and activities to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve from Saturday 24th– Sunday 25th June. On Saturday 24th, there will be a flowers, folklore and fields walk with DWT conservation officer and wildflower...
