Election Focus: The Climate and Ecological Crises
This is an election year, locally and nationally, which gives us all an opportunity to make our elected representatives aware of our concerns and priorities.
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Water Pollution in Dorset's Rivers and Poole Harbour
With only 10% of Dorset’s rivers in favourable ecological condition and Poole Harbour suffering from major ecological decline, urgent action is needed to clean up our rivers.
Research insights from the enclosed Beaver Project
Five years on: the research, the science, the ecological change and how beavers have transformed their wetland home in west Dorset.
Discover Bats - ecology and detection
Join expert Nick Tomlinson to learn about our diverse and fascinating bat species, and the equipment used to detect and study them.
Discover Bats - Ecology and Detection
Join expert Nick Tomlinson to learn about our fascinating bat species and the equipment used to detect and study them.
Species Survival Fund: Rewilding - giving nature a helping hand
‘Wilding’, ‘rewilding’, ‘ecological restoration’, what do they actually mean? Project Assistant for the Species Survival Fund, Lydia Gill talks about these terms and how implementing them at our…
Dorset Wildlife Trust launches January half price membership offer
We are encouraging people in Dorset to act locally to help fight the climate change and ecological crises we are facing by offering half price membership in January, to join Dorset’s largest…
Land Advisory Services and Wildlife Surveys
Dorset Wildlife Trust supports and works with landowners, farmers and other organisations to monitor species and habitats, plan and implement ecological improvements and identify and apply for funding to support nature.
DWT runs half price membership campaign for January 2020
Local people are being encouraged to act locally to help fight the climate change and ecological crises we are faced with by taking out half price membership in January, to join Dorset Wildlife…
Dorset Wild Rivers: The Frome Headwaters
The River Frome in Dorset, England’s most westerly major chalk stream, faces multiple pressures including pollution, climate impacts, and historic channel changes, all of which affect its…
Philanthropy and major gifts
As an independent charity, Dorset Wildlife Trust relies on our members and donors for funding to protect wildlife and wild places and connect people with nature. As well as grant funding, philanthropic and major gifts make an even bigger impact. Major donors can help us to build resilience into our work to combat the climatic and ecological crises.
Wild Woodbury
Dorset Wildlife Trust's community rewilding project at Bere Regis aims to tackle the climate and ecological crises and showcase a more sustainable approach to land management for wildlife and people. After four years of letting nature take the lead, over 1,900 species have been recorded including eight Red List birds breeding on the site.