In response to the outbreak of the deadly Crayfish plague which has been found on Dorset’s River Allen in Wimborne, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched an urgent appeal to help save our native white-clawed crayfish from dying out in Dorset. After the discovery of dead white-clawed crayfish on...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is launching a brand new volunteering programme, giving local people the opportunity to make a difference for wildlife on some of the newly acquired Great Heath Living Landscape sites in East Dorset. From May to August 2014, 124 people volunteered an impressive 1,332 hours of...
A new training programme ‘Wildlife Skills’ has been awarded £829,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), allowing four Wildlife Trusts in the South West to train 46 aspiring conservationists over the next three years. The scheme is designed to address the skills shortages within the South West conservation...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding a sand sculpture competition on Weymouth Beach and is inviting families to create life size marine giants from sand. The event, which will take place on Sunday 21st September from 11am – 3pm, will give budding sand sculptors a chance to learn about...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased to announce the Wild About Wimborne event is taking place at Minster Green, Wimborne on Saturday 20th September from 10.30am – 3.30pm. There will be a whole host of fun activities going on throughout the day, including face-painting, storytelling, children’s crafts, rush weaving...
The Mayor of Dorchester, Peter Mann, has announced his support for growing a ‘grass free lawn’ in Dorchester’s Borough Gardens as the subject of the 2014/15 Mayoral Appeal. In a project supported by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT), Dorchester Town Council, The Heritage Lottery Fund, and the Gardens Group,...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched the new campaign, ‘Make Wildlife Welcome’, to encourage local people to give garden wildlife struggling to survive a helping hand this autumn and winter. The State of Nature report in 2013 revealed that 60% of the UK species studied have been declining in...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT) Chesil Beach Centre will be hosting the launch of a new children’s book called ‘Bizzy the Blenny and the Treasure of the Fleet Lagoon’, written by local artist, Nicola Dennis and Chesil Centre officer, Marc Smith. The book will be launched at the centre on...
Members of Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) were greeted by an unexpected visitor when a Russian Steppe Eagle interrupted a wildlife walk on Upton Heath last Friday. The giant bird of prey, which had a wingspan of over 4 feet, made its dramatic appearance after escaping from a falconer at...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is leading a Bioblitz at the stunning Knoll Gardens on the 7th August, between 10am- 4pm, to help visitors discover more about the wonderful wildlife the gardens have to offer. A Bioblitz is designed to record all the wildlife within a specific area, allowing visitors...
