This year you can buy unique and fun gifts from the Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) online shop, and also help local wildlife, as 100% of the profits made go towards conservation work in Dorset. The DWT online shop, which was launched last year, has lots of new products added...
The Great Heath Living Landscape project is pleased to have launched its first community notice board at the Bournemouth Oceanarium. Led by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT), the Great Heath project has connected thousands of people living in east Dorset with their local wildlife, through events, activities and information boards...
New public access has been developed at Parley Common* SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in east Dorset to allow walkers, cyclists and horse riders better access to the heath, whilst still protecting the wildlife that lives there. The site, which is managed by ARC, (Amphibian and Reptile Conservation...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre will be holding its annual festive ‘Christmas Bazaar’ on Sunday 29th November from 10am – 4pm to raise money for local wildlife. Books, jewellery, homeware, children’s toys, local arts and crafts – all inspired by local wildlife and the natural...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is looking for new volunteers to join a keen group of warden volunteers at the Fine Foundation Marine Centre at Kimmeridge in Dorset. DWT is inviting local people who would like to do something valuable for wildlife, and have time to offer on a regular...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre is hosting a Dorset inspired Wild Art Exhibition, displaying art in a variety of mediums created by twelve local artists, from Saturday 7th November until Sunday 22nd November. Members of the public are invited to browse pottery, silk illustrations, and...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is looking for a group of volunteers to help move 15 tonnes of gravel into the Bere Stream on behalf of the Bere Regis Wildlife Group in association with the Bere Regis Parish Council, on Saturday 7th November. This mammoth task follows coppicing work along...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has teamed-up with publishers from you to me to create a unique journal for young people, inspired by the ‘My Wild Life’ campaign, launched by the Wildlife Trusts nationally, in March 2015. The ‘My Wild Life’ journal is part of from you to me’s ‘rant...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre has received a donation of nearly 100 items crafted from off-cuts of wood, by local carpenter, Barney Barker. Items include stunning hedgehog boxes, doorstops, bat boxes, bug hotels, bird feeding stations and bird boxes. Each piece is completely unique and...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) was saddened to see a critically endangered porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) landed on Chesil Beach last weekend by a local fisherman. The 2 metre shark, a mature female, was accidently caught in a trammel net 300 yards off Chesil Cove. Marc Smith, DWT Chesil Beach...
