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Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

Join us for practical conservation work.

An illustrated talk by Anne King.

Our chance to say thank you to DWT volunteers for their help in centres and around the county, including a presentation of certificates to the Wildlife Champions. Join us at The Chesil Centre, Chesil Beach Road, Weymouth.

Lend a hand with practical conservation work at Parley Common.

Brownsea Members' Day 

Scrub management and hedge laying. Booking is essential for new volunteers as places are limited.

Join a volunteering party doing a variety of practical conservation work.

Working on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Join us for practical conservation work.

Land Conservation Management, an illustrated talk by David Ramsden of the Barn Owl Trust.

‘Wild Activity’ at the Lorton Meadows Wildlife Centre. 

Join a volunteering party doing practical conservation work at Sovell Down.

Discover the birds of Britain’s favourite nature reserve. Boat from Poole at 10.30.

Join the regular volunteering group on Brownsea Island on alternate Sundays throughout the year.

Scrub clearance and hedge laying, across West Dorset reserves. Booking essential.

An illustrated talk by David Sagar.

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Scrub management and hedge laying. Booking is essential for new volunteers as places are limited.

Disturbance and Estuary Birds, a presentation

Join a volunteering party doing a variety of practical conservation work.

Join us for a day of practical work on site at Lorton Meadows, to restore the habitats important for local wildlife, with the Community Conservation Officer. 

Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Join us for practical conservation work.

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

Make gifts for the wildlife in your garden at the Chesil Beach Centre this Valentine's weekend.

Working on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Make your own home for birds in Poole, for National Nest Box Week.

Have a go at making your own nest box to take home & put up in your garden.

Scrub management and hedge laying. Booking is essential for new volunteers as places are limited.

Explore the woods, meadows & ponds of Lorton Meadows Nature Reserve then create your own mini version to take home.

A talk by James Feaver from The English Truffle Company.

Join a volunteering party doing a variety of practical conservation work.

Working on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Discover the creatures of wild Withy Woods, make boggarts for the trees & wood elf puppets to take home, plus games & more.

An illustrated talk by DWT President, Tony Bates. 

A talk by Andrew Morgan.

Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Using only natural materials let your imagination run wild & create your very own forest friend to take home!

Join us for practical conservation work.

Solve clues in & around the Chesil Beach Centre & crack the secret Chesil code, learning about local wildlife as you go!

Solve clues in & around the Chesil Beach Centre & crack the secret Chesil code, learning about local wildlife as you go!

Wildlife films by Dudley Higginson.

Adventures & Wildlife in the Australian Outback, a talk by Tony Bates.

Join Dorset Wildlife Trust for a weekend learning the traditional skill of hedgelaying.

Join the regular volunteering group on Brownsea Island on alternate Sundays throughout the year.

Join the Urban team of the Dorset Wildlife Trust on a regular work party on DWT Upton Heath.

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.  

Scrub management and hedge laying. Booking is essential for new volunteers as places are limited.

Joina volunteering party doing a variety of practical conservation work.

Join us for a day of practical work on site at Lorton Meadows, to restore the habitats important for local wildlife, with the Community Conservation Officer. 

Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Join us for practical conservation work.

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

An illustrated talk by Sarah Williams.

Lend a hand with practical conservation work at the Sopley Common Nature Reserve.

Scrub management and hedge laying. Booking is essential for new volunteers as places are limited.

Join a volunteering party doing a variety of practical conservation work.

Working on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Join us for practical conservation work.

In the Kingfisher's Realm - Restoring Dorset's Rivers,  an illustrated talk

'Spring Birds of the Fleet' - Talk & Optics Day

Join us for a ‘Wild Activity’ at Lorton Meadows Wildlife Centre.

Chesil Beach Centre Mega Bird Food Sale

Join a volunteering party doing practical conservation work at Sovell Down.

Join the regular volunteering group on Brownsea Island on alternate Sundays throughout the year.

Scrub management and hedge laying. Booking is essential for new volunteers as places are limited.

Scrub clearance and hedge laying, across West Dorset reserves. Booking essential.

An illustrated talk by Ted Pratt.

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.  

Portland's Living Landscapes project - Management work and butterfly response 

Join us for practical conservation work.

Join us for a day of practical work on site at Lorton Meadows, to restore the habitats important for local wildlife, with the Community Conservation Officer. 

Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

Join us for practical conservation work.

Come along to Upton Country Park for a day of woodland crafts and nature games for all the family to enjoy.

Working on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Wildlife Friendly Garden winner 2010, Frankham Garden,  will be open on select Sundays through the year.

A 6-mile guided linear walk on the Poole Harbour Trail, with snippets of history, wildlife and great views.

Bats, a talk by Nick Tomlinson

Join a volunteering party doing a variety of practical conservation work.

Working on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Darwin - His life, ideas and influence a talk by David Croman

The Mapping Seas Project - an illustrated talk

Practical conservation work. Meet 9.30am at the Urban Wildlife Centre if you need transport or directions, or 10am at the work site.

Join us for practical conservation work.

The Archaeology, History & Wildlife of St Catherine's Hill, an illustrated talk

The Importance of Sites of Nature Conservation Interest, an illustrated talk

Exmoor & the wild red deer - a talk by Mike Hooker

Discover the birds of Britain’s favourite nature reserve with DWT as spring comes to Brownsea Island

Learn to identify seashore creatures & then help us search for them

Join the regular volunteering group on Brownsea Island on alternate Sundays throughout the year.

Join the Urban team of the Dorset Wildlife Trust on a regular work party on DWT Upton Heath.

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.  

Join a volunteering party doing a variety of practical conservation work.

Join us for a day of practical work on site at Lorton Meadows, to restore the habitats important for local wildlife, with the Community Conservation Officer.