Dorset Beaver Project
Beavers are back in Dorset and are thriving in their enclosed site. They have been busy building dams and the first kits to be born in Dorset for 400 years.
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Dorset Bats in the Belfry project
Dorset Bats in the Belfry project
Beaver Blog: Beaver interactions with other mammals
In the latest Beaver Blog, Assistant Conservation Officer (Rivers and Wetlands), Colleen shares some recent beaver interactions at the Dorset Beaver Project site.
MSC fund to include Dorset project to protect threatened marine species
Grants totalling more than £650,000 have been awarded to fisheries and research projects around the world, working to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies (see full list below). Dorset…
A million-pound project to restore Dorset’s peatlands.
Dorset Peat Partnership, led by Dorset Wildlife Trust, has been awarded a £750,000 grant from Defra's Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme, matched by £250,000 from other funders and…
My project
Craig gives up his time volunteering in the Bluebell Community Garden. Transforming the garden into a positive space for local people to enjoy, Craig has felt himself become relaxed and happier,…
Little Tern Project
Find out about the Little Tern Project
New project promotes ‘Natural Sparkle’ for people in Dorset
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched an exciting new health and wellbeing project, ‘Natural Sparkle’. Supported by Southern Co-op, the project aims to provide a suite of nature-based…
England’s first community rewilding project launches in Dorset
On 6th September Dorset Wildlife Trust launched a major fundraising appeal for England’s first large-scale community rewilding project, on 170 hectares of land near Bere Regis purchased earlier…
World Wetlands Day: The Dorset Beaver Project
On World Wetland Day 2025, Assistant Rivers and Wetlands Conservation Officer, Hannah Divine, shares and celebrates the important role beavers can play in restoring the UK wetland habitats for…
Wild Woodbury Rewilding Project
Here's the first of a series of vlogs by Rob Farrington, Wilder Dorset Project Manager at Dorset Wildlife Trust in which he talks about the work being undertaken at Wild Woodbury, our…
Wild Woodbury announced as new name for Dorset rewilding project
Dorset Wildlife Trust is pleased to announce Wild Woodbury as the new name for its 170-hectare community rewilding project in the heart of Dorset.