Dorset Wildlife Trust has launched an appeal to help wildlife at risk in the county. Conservation work is under threat in the current economic climate, according to Dorset’s largest nature conservation organisation, which is now calling for public help for woodlands, bumblebees and the birds of Brownsea Island’s lagoon. Simon...
Local people are supporting the wildlife of Dorset’s River Allen by following a new guide for river users. Dorset Wildlife Trust’s new River Allen Users Guide is helping the community, landowners and fishermen to look after and enjoy one of Dorset’s most important chalk streams and protect some of...
Rare native elm trees on Brownsea Island are being protected under a new monitoring scheme in an effort to save them from Dutch Elm Disease. The smooth leaved elms Ulmus minor, survivors of the epidemic in the 1970s, are still at risk from the disease, prompting joint action by...
As we arrived at the car park the clouds parted and what had been a very wet morning turned into a very pleasant autumn day. The brisk south-westerly wind promised more seabirds than were actually delivered but we did see three species of gulls and a distant Common Scoter...
The winners of the 2012 Living Churchyard Competition have been announced by Dorset Wildlife Trust, following the visits of expert judges to over 25 Dorset churches. St James, Milton Abbas has scooped the top prize for a third year and there were winners from Branksome in the east to Beaminster...
On Sunday 23rd September in a sweaty mobile portakabin two experiened BBC producers and Kate Wilson from Bridport Arts Centre came away smiling from a dream project that took 18 months to fund and put on air for the community of Bridport and parts of west Dorset. Because of the lack of real radio...
Another lucky afternoon of dry weather (well nearly) after an incredibly wet 24 hours. We set off in very windy conditions but lovely bright sunshine holding on to our hats and enjoying the amazing views in front of us. We soon saw the first of several Wheatears of the afternoon...
After a year of planning and fund raising Bridport Arts Centre team under Kate Wilson and support from Windrose Rural Media and Debra Hearne and Gorgie Green have now held meetings in Bridport. From next week - 17th sept - 23rd Sept - the concourse by Bucky Doo Square will see a large portakabin...
This was our second attempt this walk, after giving up on a very wet July 2nd. Today we still didn't manage to reach our target, but we did at least get to the top of the hill at 262 metres (860 feet). The walk up the hill produced fairly...
We are often lucky with the weather on Monday afternoons but today was nothing short of miraculous, as we enjoyed a two-hour window of dry weather during a day of otherwise pretty much unrelenting rain. And that wasn't all - we were just a few yards out of the...
