The Wildlife Friendly Garden Competition, run by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and sponsored by the Gardens Group of Sherborne and Poundbury, is returning for its seventh year. The competition aims to recognise gardeners who have gone the extra mile to care for their garden and the wildlife in it. ...
A new training programme ‘Wild Paths’ has been awarded £501,100 of National Lottery funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), under its Skills for the Future programme, allowing five Wildlife Trusts in the South West to train 30 aspiring conservationists over the next three years. The scheme is designed...
A pesticide known to kill bees has been authorised for farmers to use on sugar beet crops in England.
We are shocked that the Secretary of State, George Eustice, has used his power to allow this.
The decision to allow emergency use of thiamethoxam goes against all commitments this Government has made to...
Animal welfare campaigners have staged protests at more than a dozen Morrisons supermarkets across the country.
The demonstrations were led by one of the retailer's own employees, who claims he is facing disciplinary action after highlighting allegations about the chickens it sells.Earlier this month, an investigation accused one of Morrisons'...
A dead whale was found on a remote shore near Rope Lake Head, Purbeck last week. Local resident and author of Purbeck Revealed, Ilay Cooper, made the surprise discovery of the 13.6m (44.6ft) mammal whilst walking along the shore at low tide. Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Marine Conservation Officer, Emma...
Animals love pumpkins and in the winter they are desperate for the food/nutrition that we can provide for them.
Pumpkins are ace.
Make a Snack-o-Lantern
This is one of the most creative ideas I’ve seen to recycle pumpkins. You can turn your jack-o-lantern into a snack-o-lantern for wildlife! It’s fairly easy to make, and...
Restoration of wildlife habitats on Portland has received a funding boost from the Island’s famed stone industry. Albion Stone has donated £8000 towards Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Portland’s Living Landscape Project to help restore the rare grassland for wildlife. Disused quarries across the island are home to exceptional wildlife but these...
New signs are helping people discover the rare wildlife of Dorset’s most easterly heathland reserve this spring, thanks to Bournemouth Airport. Some of the rarest wildlife in Britain features on the new information boards around Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Sopley Common reserve, which have been funded by the Bournemouth Airport Community...
