There is a chance for kids to see nature’s powers of recovery after one of the wettest winters on record, with Dorset Wildlife Trust’s first Kingcombe Kids Club event at Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve. DWT’s Kingcombe Centre, near Maiden Newton, is running Kingcombe Kids Club every Tuesday and Thursday...
FRI 1 THE GREAT CRANE PROJECT 7.30 pm. United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport, DT6 3LJ. An illustrated talk by Damon Bridge, Project Manager, RSPB, for the West Dorset group of Dorset Wildlife Trust. All welcome. Suggested donation: £2 (£3 for non-members) inc. refreshments. Contact Monty Crook: 01308 423442 for...
New family activities are on offer at the seaside this year with Dorset Wildlife Trust. Sponsored by Rockley Adventure, Seashore Explorer back-packs bursting with activity ideas, equipment and information have been created for families looking for something to do when visiting the Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve at Kimmeridge Bay. Among the...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is getting ready for spring with its Green Fayre and Nest Box event in Verwood this month. The free family event, in aid of Verwood’s Wildlife Sensory Garden, takes place just in time for the start of the bird nesting season and includes nest box building to...
Dorset Wildlife Trust and its partners are celebrating a funding boost of £85,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an ambitious project to create Dorset’s first urban Living Landscape. Inspired by a once in a lifetime opportunity to save some of the most threatened wild landscapes in Dorset, conservationists...
Dorset Wildlife Trust staff continue to co-operate and assist the RSPCA with rescuing the birds today. Please do not approach affected birds but phone RSPCA on 0300 1234 999. For further information visit dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/birdrescue. Images by Marc Smith - Dorset Wildlife Trust.
Dorset Wildlife Trust just reported: "Lots of reports coming in of seabirds such as auks getting washed up along the Dorset Coastline near Chesil, Lyme Regis, Budleigh and further, covered in something white and sticky; possibly a silicant but this is not confirmed. We are working with the RSPCA...
A huge wave of public support will shake Westminster today as a quarter of a million people call for greater protection for the UK’s seas and coastline. 250,000 signatures on the Wildlife Trusts’ Petition Fish will be presented to Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon at a Parliamentary reception at...
An exhibition by two Dorset artists has raised £2000 for the county’s wildlife. The money was donated by sculptor Sally Derrick and painter Adrian Whittlesea (see Inset) following their ‘Living with Landscape’ exhibition ofworks featuring birds, animals and landscapeat Southover House in Tolpuddle. The two Dorset based artists, donated10% of all sales...
SAT 2 LORTON MEADOWS OPEN DAY (Free), 10am – 4pm. The Wildlife Centre is open for visitors, come along for a walk around the Dorset Wildlife Trust reserve, then drop in for a hot drink, and peruse our selection of gifts and wildlife books. Plus watch the birds on...
