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Ringed plover - Monique VanstoneThere is a world of wildlife waiting to be discovered on Dorset’s beaches, with Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Strandline Monitoring event on 10th September.

 

Sea through the eyes of winning underwater artistThe eyes of an award-winning artist are on Dorset’s sea life this month, as fine artist Esther Tyson goes underwater to paint the wildlife that most of us never see.

 

Spiny seahorse EMMA RANCETo mark the start of National Marine Week (Sat 30 Jul ­ Sun 14 Aug), The Wildlife Trusts are launching the ‘Petition Fish’ campaign in a bid to demonstrate public support for Marine Protected Areas, before it is too late for our seas to recover.

 

Fine Foundation Marine Centre - Dorset Wildlife TrustNational Marine Week starts on 30th July and Dorset Wildlife Trust have an event for every day of the week, to celebrate in true style

 

Pot caught spider crab EMMA RANCEOur seafood choices could help to save Dorset’s sea life, according to Dorset Wildlife Trust. Great Dorset Seafood is a major new campaign being launched at this weekend’s Dorset Seafood Festival to support the most environmentally sensitive use of the riches of our seas.

 

Kimmeridge above and below ANDY PEARSON DORSET WILDLIFE TRUSTNew glass-bottomed kayak trips are on offer in Kimmeridge Bay with Dorset Wildlife Trust.

 

Otter West Bay beach JEREMY JEFFERYDorset Wildlife Trust has released extraordinary pictures of a coastal otter, illustrating the dramatic change in fortunes for this supreme predator. Photographer Jeremy Jeffery, visiting from Kent, was able to capture these images in broad daylight at West Bay in Dorset.

 

Spider crab TREVOR REESDorset Wildlife Trust has an exciting opportunity for young people to get underwater to help marine wildlife. Volunteers are being recruited to join ‘The K Team’ to regularly survey Kimmeridge Bay for new and known marine species, helping to gain vital information about our changing seas. 

 

Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Nick Fisher support Sea Angling CodeSea anglers, celebrity chefs and conservationists have united to support environmentally responsible sea fishing.

South-claw hermit crabs Diogenes pugilator among eel-grass Worbarrow Bay RICHARD YORKE Dorset’s volunteer divers are revealing the secrets of our seas with astonishing new images of marine wildlife.

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