Forest bug
The shoulders of the forest bug are distinctive - they are square-cut, almost rounded, unlike the other 'spiked' shield bugs. This bug can be found in woodlands, feeding on the sap of…
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Gillingham Royal Forest
Discover how the community worked together to restore parts of the historic landscape in and around Gillingham.
Gillingham Royal Forest project secures National Lottery support
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and partners are delighted to receive £61,900 of funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, for the Gillingham Royal Forest project. The project will run for…
Kelp forests
Forests of kelp sway in shallow sunlit waters, offering shelter to a host of sea life from tiny worms to juvenile fish.
DWT receives £1,500 donation from Mapperton House spring plant sale
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to receive a generous donation of £1,500 from the proceeds of the spring plant sale which was held within the grounds of Mapperton House and Gardens this…
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.
Thongweed
One of the longest seaweeds native to the UK, thongweed helps create a beautiful underwater forest to rival that of any on the land!
Goshawk
Known as the phantom of the forest, goshawks can fly through the trees at up to 40km per hour as they hunt birds and small mammals.
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…
Marsh gentian
The bright blue, trumpet-shaped flowers of the marsh gentian contrast deeply with the pinks and purples of the wet heaths it inhabits. The New Forest holds a large population of this late-…
Southern migrant hawker dragonflies recorded for the first time in Dorset
The first Southern migrant hawker dragonflies ever recorded in Dorset have been seen on Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Lytchett Bay Nature Reserve, which is part of The Great Heath Living…
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