Arable fields
Most arable fields are large, featureless monocultures devoid of wildlife, but here and there are smaller fields and tucked away corners that are farmed less intensively, or are managed…
Most arable fields are large, featureless monocultures devoid of wildlife, but here and there are smaller fields and tucked away corners that are farmed less intensively, or are managed…
Find out what to do, see and plant in your garden this April to encourage pollinators and other wildlife into your wildlife haven's on your doorstep.
With its familiar features, the Field pansy is a delicate version of a garden favourite. Usually creamy-yellow in colour, it can be seen in fields and on roadside verges and waste ground.
Steve tells us what's going on at Kingcombe, how the wildlife garden is coming along and what's coming up at the Kingcombe centre for the rest of the summer holidays!
Gateway to the Kingcombe National Nature Reserve (KNNR), Kingcombe Meadows offers the opportunity to step back in time on a traditional working farm complete with flower rich grassland, ancient…
A creeping and climbing plant of cultivated ground, Field Bindweed can become a pest in places as it stops other plants from growing. It has creamy, sometimes striped, large flowers, and arrow-…
Kingcombe Engagement Officer, Daisy Meadowcroft, discusses the success of Kingcombe's newly established, nature-focused groups: Evolving Naturalists, Welly Wednesdays and Nature Tots.
Blanche Alexander, founder of the Kitchen at Kingcombe, reflects on the first six months operating at Kingcombe Meadows.
Field elm suffered declines due to the devastating effects of Dutch elm disease, but can still be found across much of the UK.
For Volunteers' Week 2021 (1-7 June), we're sharing blogs written by some of the many wonderful Dorset Wildlife Trust volunteers who do all kinds of brilliant things for Dorset's…
With a population of 75 million, the field vole is one of the UK's most common mammals. Hidden among the vegetation of grassland, heathland and moorland, it is not as easily spotted as the…