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Species Survival Fund: The importance of species abundance
Species Survival Fund Project Manager, Seb Elwood, discusses species loss in the UK, and how the Species Survival Fund will be working towards increasing species abundance across Dorset.
Species Survival Fund
Driving species abundance across Dorset, the Species Survival Fund project created and restored 517 hectares of habitat across 18 of our nature reserves.
Protect our offshore Marine Protected Areas
Marine Policy and Evidence Manager, Peter Tinsley talks about Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority’s 2023 Bottom-Towed Gear byelaw coming into force.
Seasonal Species Challenge
Here are three species to look out for over the next few months. Report your sighting to help us build a better picture of Dorset's wildlife.
Land Advisory Services and Wildlife Surveys
Dorset Wildlife Trust supports and works with landowners, farmers and other organisations to monitor species and habitats, plan and implement ecological improvements and identify and apply for funding to support nature.
Species Survival Fund: A busy autumn
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Species Survival Fund project made major progress this autumn, from new land and peatland restoration at Tadnoll and Winfrith to new ponds, hedgerows and improved grazing…
MSC fund to include Dorset project to protect threatened marine species
Grants totalling more than £650,000 have been awarded to fisheries and research projects around the world, working to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies (see full list below). Dorset…
New marine species spotted at Kimmeridge
Dorset Wildlife Trust marine wardens have reported sightings of two species that are indicators of climate change at Kimmeridge in the last few weeks: the anemone shrimp and furrowed crab.
Species Survival Fund: A busy spring
There’s been plenty of exciting activity on the nature reserves supported by the Species Survival Fund (SSF) this spring. Project Assistant Lydia Gill shares the latest news.
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One year on: Wild Woodbury rewilding project has recorded 1300 species
A year into Dorset Wildlife Trust's Wild Woodbury community rewilding project at Bere Regis and surveys have recorded an uplift in the biodiversity and abundance of species moving onto the…