International Women's Day
This International Women's Day, Dorset Wildlife Trust wants to shine a light on some of the incredible women working to protect wildlife in Dorset.
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Celebrating International Women's Day 2025
This International Women's Day, we're shining a light on some of the incredible women working to protect wildlife in Dorset.
Coastal Plants - how they survive at Kimmeridge
Wild Seas Centre Officer, Julie Hatcher tells us about the hardy wildflowers of Kimmeridge - and why they survive in a harsh environment.
Alcathoe bat
The Alcathoe bat was 'discovered' in the UK in 2010 when it was confirmed as a separate species to the very similar whiskered and Brandt's bats. Little is known about its range and…
Lady fern
One of the prettiest hardy ferns, the lady fern is delicate and lacy, with ladder-like foliage. It makes a good garden fern, providing attractive cover for wildlife.
Common polypody
The common polypody is a hardy fern of damp, shady places in woodlands. It also makes a good garden fern. It has ladder-like, leathery foliage with pimply undersides - these spots are the spores…
Common woodlouse
If you were to pick up a rock in the garden, you’d hopefully find a few common woodlouse. These hardy minibeasts have in-built armour and like to hide in warm, moist places like compost heaps.
Hart's-tongue fern
The hart's-tongue fern is a hardy fern of damp, shady places in woodlands. It also makes a good garden fern. It has simple, tongue-shaped, glossy, green leaves that have orange spores on…
Oakdale Library Gardens Association
A group of local people who came together in 2013 with the encouragement from Creekmoor with Oakdale Women’s Institute who wanted to create a garden that benefited the local community, to encourage people to use the local library and to encourage more wildlife into the garden.