Dorset Wildlife Trust has a wild Easter programme for all the family at Kingcombe this spring. Starting with an Easter Sunday egg hunt, the Kingcombe Centre has activities and wildlife discovery for children throughout the holiday, including a whole day of playing wild with nature for families. The new Kingcombe...
TUES 2 TO FRI 5 EASTER EGG HUNT 10.30 am to 3.00 pm. Lorton Meadows Nature Reserve, Lorton Lane, Upwey, Weymouth, DT3 5QH. Come along to Dorset Wildlife Trust's Lorton Meadows nature reserve for an Easter Egg hunt. Pick up a trail guide from the Conservation Centre and follow the...
Dorset’s largest seafood wholesaler is launching an innovative labelling scheme to support Dorset Wildlife Trust’s campaign for Great Dorset Seafood (GDS). Samways Fish Merchants Limited, based in Bridport, have pledged to label all seafood supplied by fishers working a Dorset Port and approved by the campaign, demonstrating provenance and traceability...
Award winning artists have been taking the plunge to show the magic of our seas. The extraordinary work of the winners of The Wildlife Trusts’Underwater Art Award goes on show in Dorset this month, highlighting the urgent need for Marine Conservation Zones. The award, established in Dorset in 2007 in...
Portland Westcliffs © Bob Ford/Nature Portfolio Carline Thistle, click on the image to go to its iSpot page A very cold and windy morning on Portland but we did see a few birds heading north that could conceivably have been the first of the spring migrants. Most were Meadow...
Dorset’s largest seafood wholesaler is launching an innovative labelling scheme to support Dorset Wildlife Trust’s campaign for Great Dorset Seafood (GDS). Samways Fish Merchants Limited, based in Bridport, have pledged to label all seafood supplied by fishers working a Dorset Port and approved by the campaign, demonstrating provenance and traceability...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) condemns a potential badger cull in the county, announced by Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson MP, as a reserve pilot cull area in case of problems with either of the proposed cull areas in Gloucestershire and Somerset. DWT is keen to find an effective, long term solution...
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s annual fundraising walk this spring will be raising vital funds to help wildlife on land and sea. The popular event, re-scheduled for April following bad weather in the autumn, is an opportunity to enjoy some of Dorset’s most spectacular coastal scenery while raising much-needed money to protect...
All welcome – no prior or future commitment required! Richard Toft and his crew from Bridport Renewable Energy Group (www.breg.org.uk) will be demonstrating and giving a presentation about their DIY Anaerobic Digester. As well as all the things you can put into your compost, an Anaerobic Digester can take...
Dorset Wildlife Trust is encouraging young people to get out with their cameras or mobile phones to capture winning wildlife this spring. With the first frogspawn and butterflies of the year already spotted, the conservation charity wants your spring pictures for its monthly photographic competition for under-18s. The Pat Dolbear...
