International Dawn Chorus Day
Enjoy the beautiful sound of birdsong from the Dorset Beaver Project site on International Dawn Chorus Day.
Enjoy the beautiful sound of birdsong from the Dorset Beaver Project site on International Dawn Chorus Day.
The first Sunday of May is known as International Dawn Chorus Day, the worldwide celebration of nature's greatest symphony. All across the world people rise early to revel in the sweet sound…
Enjoy the dawn chorus and learn about the birds at Wild Woodbury, Dorset Wildlife Trust's first community rewilding site.
Meet the dawn chorus’s percussion section…
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Kingcombe Centre, in west Dorset, has just released its new programme of courses and workshops for 2020. The courses and workshops include favourites such as the…
The tiny, grey-brown house mouse is one of our most successful mammals. It thrives around buildings but is less likely to be found in our houses these days due to better construction.
As its name suggests, the house martin can be spotted nesting in the eaves of houses in our towns and villages. Its intricate mud nests take days to build and are often returned to and used in…
The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.
Friends Dawn and Ann meet up every fortnight for a walk and a catch up on one of their local nature reserves.
The house sparrow is a familiar, streaky brown bird of towns, parks and gardens. Males sport a grey cap and black bib, the size of which indicates their status.
A tall, broad tree of woodlands, roadsides and parks, the introduced horse chestnut is familiar to many of us the 'conker' producing tree - its shiny, brown seeds appearing in their…