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Following Dorset’s biggest heath fire in thirty years, Dorset Wildlife Trust has launched an appeal to help restore Upton Heath.

There is no need to travel far for amazing wildlife this summer, with some of the most charismatic of creatures coming to your area, says Dorset Wildlife Trust.

New glass-bottomed kayak trips are on offer in Kimmeridge Bay with Dorset Wildlife Trust.

Dorset Wildlife Trust is giving one lucky person the chance to cut down the last Rhododendron plant on the Brownsea Island nature reserve after 50 years of battling against this alien invasive species.

On what will be remembered as a black day for wildlife, an estimated one third of one of the most important wildlife sites in England was devastated by fire yesterday afternoon. Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Upton Heath nature reserve, recognised internationally for the extreme rarity of habitat and wildlife, was engulfed by the biggest heath fire in decades just at the peak of the bird and reptile breeding season.

Dorset Wildlife Trust is reporting an increased number of sightings of the elusive and bizarre creature, the stag beetle. An unusually hot spring seems to have called them out nearly a month earlier than usual.

There is a chance to enjoy the sound of singing on a summer’s evening with Dorset ensemble Dulcima.

Dorset Wildlife Trust welcomes the Government’s Natural Environment White Paper, published on the 7th June and praises the level of ambition contained within The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature.

The Corfe Mullen BioBlitz on bank holiday Saturday has exceeded all expectations, with more than 500 wildlife species recorded on just one day, and many records still coming in.

Dorset Wildlife Trust gets even wilder this June with Wild About Blandford. The free family event is a chance for everyone to celebrate local wildlife this summer. With activities including wildlife safaris, live music, underwater river cameras and quizzes, there will be something for all the family.