The online wildlife recording site ‘Living Record’, developed in Dorset for use anywhere in the country, has reached 500,000 records for 6,800 species across the UK. Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is one of many local conservation organisations championing the system. DWT’s Great Heath Living Landscape project is encouraging its...
After yesterday's blog about describing the opening salvo's in the propaganda war that's started in advance of the Rampisham Solar Farm public inquiry, more shots come thick and fast. Dorset Eye, a Dorset community media website, have published a piece from Hannah Lovegrove who has launched a scathing attack...
Working in an animal sanctuary would be many people’s dream job, and now for one lucky young person there is a rare opportunity to join an apprenticeship at the Margaret Green Animal Rescue Centre near Bere Regis. The apprenticeship vacancy has come up at the centre in Winterborne Kingston...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is launching a new conservation project to help declining wildflowers in the county. The wildlife conservation charity is aiming to raise £20,000 to ensure this vital work can go ahead. Plants provide an essential part of our ecosystem and a whole host of wildlife is...
WED 1 THE GREAT HEATH VOLUNTEER WORK PARTY, 10am. The group will be visiting various Great Heath reserves & alternating between wildlife survey days & practical conservation/access tasks. The length of the day will vary depending on the day & activity, e.g. survey days will be much shorter. Please...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) are asking members of the public not to lift up ‘tin’s found on nature reserves. Legally protected reptiles use these for shelter, and disturbing protected species could result in breaking the law. Conservationists leave small pieces of tin, or...
After last year’s success, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has added additional dates to the ocean cruises event, to allow even more people the opportunity to see wildlife up-close from the ‘Purbeck Princess.’ The three hour cruises* will take place on Friday 19thJune and Saturday 27thJune for just £12 per...
...On 24th October 2014, two weeks before I was due to start my first job within donkey rescue and welfare education, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I saw it as an obstacle that I could overcome, but in March 2015 I learnt that the cancer had spread to...
MON 1 – WED 3 GRASSES & SEDGES: Learn the skills for identifying grasses & sedges together with making your own herbarium with Dominic Price. Cost R £280 (NR £199). Pre-booking essential – limited places. Book online at www.kingcombe.org or call 01300 320684. TUES 2 MOTH IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP,...
Members of a local Poole group, ‘Men’s Sheds’ have donated their time and skills to Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) by building over 50 bird boxes for children to use at DWT events. The group, which has only just been established, spend their time working on projects from restoring bicycles...
