Latest Marine News

Studland Bay was given an underwater spruce-up on Saturday when divers removed litter from the seabed as part of an international Dive against Debris. Local dive school Flippas n Fins teamed up with Dorset Wildlife Trust for the special event, which saw twenty divers collecting a variety of rubbish from plastic cups and knives to discarded rope and even an old boat rudder, from the seagrass meadow.

Conscientious volunteers all around Dorset descended on their local beaches to take part in the Great Dorset Beach Clean last weekend.  Dorset Wildlife Trust and SAS (Surfers Against Sewage) hosted an event at Worbarrow Bay, part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site and the voluntary Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve.  

When you think of spring, you might think of daffodils, butterflies and blossom, but what about mermaids’ purses, seashells and sand? 

This April, Dorset Wildlife Trust will be whisking locals away to tropical climates and exotic waters, as James Brickell, Producer and Director of BBC’s ‘The Great Barrier Reef’ will be hosting a talk on the world’s most famous reef.

Do you remember when you were a child and your granny’s garden was full with the buzz of summer bees? Sadly many of our gardens seem to be buzz-free zones now, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Your garden could be as good as a mini-rain forest for wildlife, according to Dorset and Somerset Wildlife Trusts, launching the Wildlife Friendly Garden Competition for 2012. 

Dorset Wildlife Trust has a treat in store for Mums with its Mothers’ Day guided walk and tea at the beautiful Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve on 18th March.

Dorset Wildlife Trust is inviting volunteers to search for some of Dorset’s most secret coastal wildlife, revealed by one of the lowest tides of the year on 11th March.

Work started on the expansion of the Chesil Beach Visitor Centre on 7 November 2011.

The Studland Seagrass and Seahorse Project 2011 proved to be very successful with 220 questionnaires completed by boat owners at Studland Bay and also at local marinas. Read more...