Dorset Wildlife Trust is launching an online campaign to raise awareness and warn people of the harm that can be caused to wildlife by using mobile phone apps which mimic birdsong. Wardens on Brownsea Island have reported incidents of visitors using these mobile apps which imitate the unusual call...
Concerns are growing for Dorset Wildlife Trust and other conservation organisations that the protection of the environment has become less of a priority at time when many traditional funding sources for charities have been reduced or withdrawn. Kick-starting economic growth has become the main focus for the country, but...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is holding its annual ‘Wild About’ event at The Town Hall in Wareham on Saturday 29th June. Activities and events will also be held in the Corn Exchange and the Quay, where kids and adults can get involved to learn about wildlife with some hands-on activities....
Dorset Wildlife Trust is pleased to announce that Lady’s Mead Meadow in Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve has been chosen to showcase Dorset’s meadows and celebrate the 60thanniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. The Coronation Meadows event falls on Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Meadow Wildlife Weekend on the 15th and 16th June,...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is celebrating World Oceans Day in style at the Fine Foundation Marine Centre at Kimmeridge Bay, with a Bioblitz event and lots of free fun activities for families to get involved with. If you are a wildlife lover or budding scientist, come along on Saturday 8th...
People are being invited to get involved in an ambitious new project to create Dorset’s first urban Living Landscape. Dorset Wildlife Trust and its partners are holding a series of public events where people can have their say and be a part of the new Urban Wildlink project to protect...
This half term, enjoy the exciting mysteries of the sea with our half term events at the Fine Foundation Marine Centre at Kimmeridge. Ramble among the rockpools! Suitable for children of all ages (and adults!) the Rockpool Ramble explores the best rockpools in Dorset so you can discover...
A ground-breaking study launched by Sir David Attenborough giving a health check for wildlife in the UK has revealed species of Dorset’s heathlands, marine areas, grasslands and coast which have experienced serious decline and in some cases, extinction. The State of Nature report is the first of its kind...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is giving kids the chance to explore nature in Dorset this half term with lots of activities, from butterfly hunts to rock-pool exploring! Our reserves are bursting with activities to get kids out and about as well as getting crafty with hands-on nature-based activities. Wet and...
The beautiful village of Little Bredy holds a very magical place – A waterfall that captures you within its beauty. I have my Katie to thank for sharing it with us, as a few years ago Katie was an angry, rebellious little teenager who managed to get herself a...
