Water for Wildlife: River restoration at Wild Woodbury
At Wild Woodbury nature reserve, a major wetland restoration project is transforming drained farmland into a thriving, natural river system. This work is helping to restore Dorset’s wetlands,…
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Find out what Dorset Wildlife Trust is doing to protect wildlife and wild places in Dorset.
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Bring back our lost wildlife
Immense pressure from decades of pollution and habitat loss has driven wildlife into catastrophic decline.
A Wild Year at Dorset Wildlife Trust
It's been a wild year for Dorset Wildlife Trust! As we approach 2026, we look back at some of our highlights from 2025. From the opening of our state-of-the-art wildlife observatory on…
Stage-0 River Restoration at Wild Woodbury
Six weeks on from the start of the river restoration work at Wild Woodbury, and the landscape has started to transform dramatically. Wetlands have started to form creating suitable habitat for…
Wildlife gardening Q&A at the Wild Chesil Centre
Got a question about wildlife-friendly gardening? Drop in to The Fine Foundation Wild Chesil Centre and chat to the experts, and join a mini tour of the new wildlife-friendly planters at the…
Wildlife screams to be heard over our noise
Dorset Wildlife Trust has been working with Participation People to train eight fantastic young people (14-17) in journalism skills. They have been producing a series of blogs, social media posts…
Water for Wildlife: Pond creation and river restoration at Kingcombe Meadows
At Kingcombe National Nature Reserve, Dorset Wildlife Trust is restoring the River Hooke and creating new ponds to bring life back to this precious chalk stream landscape. From re-meandering the…
Wildlife
Information on the UK's wildlife and habitats - from birds, bees and dragonflies to wildflowers and ancient trees.
Wildlife at risk on farms as vital hedge and river rules vanish
The National Trust, RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts say rivers and hedgerows are at increasing risk as UK Government fails to enshrine basic protection for nature on farms.
River lamprey
The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses to attach to other fish to feed from them. Adults live in the sea and return to freshwater to spawn.