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 Long-awaited protection for some of Dorset’s richest marine habitats has been confirmed.
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 New government plans for the environment your contribution could make all the difference.
The government will produce a White Paper on the Natural Environment in spring 2011. They have invited the public to “shape the nature of England” and want to hear your views by 30th October 2010.
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 Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerat. Walking across chalk grassland the bright blue flowers of Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata) can be seen from a distance.
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 The flower-filled meadows of an East Dorset nature reserve are just the place for a new calf and her mum. A rare breed Shetland calf was born this month at Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Bugdens Meadow reserve, just one day after the four cows arrived to graze the flower-rich meadows.
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Award-w inning photographer Colin Varndell has captured a year of wildlife images for Dorset Wildlife Trust’s new 2011 calendar. |
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 There is still time to catch the early bird prices for this year’s Walk for Wildlife. Dorset Wildlife Trust’s annual event on September 19th has a choice of 3 different length routes, taking in some of the best scenery in Britain (as chosen by Simon King for this year’s Springwatch), with early bird prices on bookings during August.
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 Dorset Wildlife Trust’s annual musical extravaganza ‘Life in the Wild’ comes to historic Athelhampton House this October. The popular autumn event, now in its 3rd year, brings together some of Britain’s finest musical and literary talent for a unique evening of music, poetry and good food.
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 Dorset Wildlife Trust is urging the government to put long term environmental security ahead of short term number crunching when making decisions on spending cuts.
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 Award-winning photographer Colin Varndell has captured a year of stunning wildlife images for our new 2011 calendar.
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 Bournemouth and Christchurch Group Events
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