My family history
Whilst researching his family history, Vic found that many of his ancestors were connected to wild places as gamekeepers, shepherds, millers, gardeners or agricultural labourers. His lifelong love…
Whilst researching his family history, Vic found that many of his ancestors were connected to wild places as gamekeepers, shepherds, millers, gardeners or agricultural labourers. His lifelong love…
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is working with Moorfield Primary school in Irlam to deliver both indoor and outdoor education on the mossland habitat. This includes the history of the area, and the…
Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…
Look for the delicate, pink flowers of Common bistort in wet meadows, pastures and roadside verges. It is also known as 'Pudding Dock' in North England because it was used to make a…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and partners are delighted to receive £61,900 of funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for the Gillingham Royal Forest project. The project will run for…
The new natural history GCSE will tackle the biggest issue of our time – the loss of nature and our connection to it
The Wildlife Trusts have long called for ambitious new laws that aim to turn this around and put nature into recovery, and we hope the next week’s Queen’s Speech will mark another significant…
Last night, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and the Gardens Group celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Wildlife Friendly Gardening Competition at the Castle Gardens garden centre, in Sherborne. The…
To celebrate national Volunteers' Week 2019, we're hearing from our volunteers about what makes them passionate about supporting Dorset Wildlife Trust. Alison Copland has been with DWT…
Generally found as part of lowland farms or nature reserves, these small, flower-rich fields are at their best in midsummer when the plethora of flowers and insects is a delight. Tiny reminders of…
Lowland mixed oak and ash woods include the iconic bluebell woods so central to our notion of British woodland. Mostly quite small and bounded by ancient banks, they are full of history. At their…