Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is encouraging more young people to go outside this summer and enter the Pat Dolbear digital photograph competition, with their up-close snapshots of wildlife. Set up in September 2012 by Ken Dolbear MBE, in loving memory of his late wife, the Pat Dolbear Photographic...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is celebrating Dorset’s marine wildlife by hosting some special marine wildlife events to celebrate National Marine Weeks from the 26th July- 10th August. After some of the worst weather in recent memory this year, Dorset’s coastline has been a big focus in DWT’s conservation work,...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is pleased to announce the return of the popular Big Wild Chesil Event at the Chesil Beach Centre on Sunday 27th July from 10am – 5pm. There will be lots of entertainment, including local dancers, a live band, a barbeque serving up locally-sourced food throughout...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has recovered the skull of the first ever fin whale to be recorded dead or alive in Dorset, to help raise awareness about the decline of marine giants. The giant skull, which is now part of a display at the Fine Foundation Marine Centre, Kimmeridge,...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is urging local communities to work together to help stop the spread of invasive Himalayan balsam, which smothers and destroys native plants such as purple loosestrife and meadowsweet. Himalayan balsam is native to West and Central Himalayas. It grows very quickly and is renowned for...
Volunteers from Richmond Fellowship mental health charity in Dorset have been taking part in conservation tasks with Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT), to help aid recovery from mental health problems. Last Friday, a group worked on an area of land recently acquired by The Erica Trust, close to ‘Happy...
Five people have been awarded with the Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) ‘Wildlife Champions’ AQA award, which has enabled three of them to enter higher level studies to get a step closer to their dream jobs in conservation. Diane Lawrence, Cathy Dyason, Sheila Dyason, Annette Middleton-Burke and Adam Sherring all...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding a volunteer recruitment day at the Chesil Beach Centre, to offer opportunities for local people to get involved with conservation projects in the Weymouth and Portland area. The recruitment event will be held on Tuesday 8th July, with two sessions running throughout the...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and partners have appointed a new team of wildlife experts and enthusiasts to help roll out ‘The Great Heath Living Landscape’ – one of the largest conservation projects in the East Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch area. Two Community Conservation Officers, Sally Wright and Katie...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and 13 other organisations in Dorset are pleased to announce that the popular ‘Wild About’ event is coming to Swanage on Saturday 21st June. Wild About Swanage is a free event which welcomes all ages to come and celebrate everything that is wild in...
