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Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

Visit Purbeck in the Spring

Learn how to identify seaweeds

Wildlife survey at 10.00 (with optional moth trap at 9.00), Upton Heath

Help clean a Dorset beach

Coastal spring clean at Worbarrow Bay

3½-acre garden, created since 1960 by the late Jo Earle for yr-round interest.

Please contact Steve Masters for more information on tasks

Lorton Meadows is open for visitors

Discover the seashore wildlife of Lyme Regis

Seasearch is a volunteer underwater survey project for recreational divers

Join us at Sopley Common Reserve for practical conservation work. The East Dorset Volunteer Work Party is held jointly with ARC, one of our partners in the Urban Wildlink project.

Make marine themed arts & crafts

Please contact Steve Masters for more information on tasks

 Join us for a day of practical work on site, to restore the habitats important for local wildlife. 

Join us for practical conservation work.

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

See the plants that thrive in these coastal habitats

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.  .

Please contact Steve Masters for more information on tasks

Evening dive on 'Peveril Myth'

The Great Heath - a presentation

Durlston's Important Wildlife Habitats - an illustrated talk

What changes are happening on the sea shore?

Dawn chorus walk near Child Okeford

The Wildife Centre is open for visitors.

A guided walk

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Please contact Steve Masters for more information on tasks

Dawn chorus walk near Child Okeford

 Join us for a day of practical work on site, to restore the habitats important for local wildlife. 

Otters & Water Voles, an illustrated talk

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

Stunning and colourful display of wildlife art as part of the popular Dorset Art Weeks festival

Heathland & Reptile walk led by Gary Powell

Dorset Wildflower Week Walk led by Jim White

Come and see the bats at Millhams Mead

Wildlife survey at 10.00 (with optional moth trap at 9.00), Upton Heath

A butterfly walk

Walk on Bradbury Rings

Learn about wildlife photography at Chesil Beach

Wildflower walk led by Laurence Taylor - Marsh Orchids should be seen

Please contact Steve Masters for more information on tasks

Delve into the world of minibeasts as we spend 2 hours shaking bushes, lifting logs and sweeping meadows in the search for Kingcombe’s finest specimens. A May Half Term Kingcombe Kids Club event.

Experience wildlife like never before

Upton Country Park Walk

The Great Heath dragonfly safari at Upton Heath

Be a superhero and learn how to protect our local wildlife

Higher Hyde Heath NR Wildflower Walk

Discover minibeasts at Lorton Meadows

Join us for some rockpooling

History and folklore of meadows

Come and test your ID skills at the Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve this half term, where many of the flowers, shrubs and trees will be in bloom. This is a Kingcombe Kids Club event.

Experience wildlife like never before

Discover the mysterious world of life underwater

Search for seashore wildlife at low tide

See the orchids and other flowers at Durlston Country Park

An introduction to plants of aquatic habitats.

Make your own viewer and see what you can find in the shallows

Seasearch Observer Course

Learn how to identify butterflies and dragonflies with the Bournemouth Natural Science Society.

Fun wildife activities & crafts

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

Little Terns arrive from West Africa each year to breed on Chesil Beach. Enjoy an evening raising money to help protect these fascinating little birds.

Special evening boat trip through Poole Harbour to Swanage & beyond!

Seasearch is a volunteer underwater survey project for recreational divers

Learn how to identify the wildflowers found along the cliff with the Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Open day at Lorton Meadows

Find out about the natural features this water course retains as well as the habitat restoration projects undertaken.

Celebrate the wonderful marine wildlife of Studland Bay

Celebrate World Oceans Day with a scavenger hunt along Chesil Beach

3½-acre garden, created since 1960 by the late Jo Earle for yr-round interest.

Seasearch Friendly Evening Dive on 'Peveril Myth'

Join us for a guided walk around the disused quarry

Join us for a survey work (with an optional moth trap at 9.00).

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

A whistle-stop tour from the formation of the beach to the rich wildlife & military history.

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.

Experience wildlife like never before

A guided walk on Martin Down

A guided walk on Chesil Beach

A guided walk around Hengistbury Head

Special evening boat trip through Poole Harbour to Swanage & beyond!

Volunteer underwater survey project for recreational divers

Find out about these magnificent beetles with the Bournemouth Natural Science Society

DWT’s extravaganza for all ages in the Purbecks.

Lorton Meadows is open for visitors

A guided walk in a varied habitat rich in wildlife

Join us for a guided walk through the meadows of Lorton

Explore the wildlife of Bracketts Coppice

Visit us at the Evershot Country Fair

Find out about the fascinating flowers that thrive on Chesil Beach

Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve near you.  

Experience wildlife like never before

Join the regular volunteering group in West Dorset.

 An Afternoon Walk on Wareham Common

Experience the emerging nocturnal wildlife

Durlston Country Park - A Guided Walk

Wildlife survey at 10.00 (with optional moth trap at 9.00), Upton Heath

Learn about the rare little terns’ plight at Chesil