Purbeck Guitar Festival
A weekend of brilliant guitar in a beautiful walled garden in support of Dorset Wildlife Trust. Organised by Love It Local Events.
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Ponds
Whether found in a garden or part of an agricultural landscape, ponds are oases of wildlife worth investigating. Even small ponds can support a wealth of species and collectively, ponds play a key…
UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created on Purbeck Heaths
• Seven landowners join forces to create largest lowland heath National Nature Reserve – National Trust, Natural England, RSPB, Forestry England, Rempstone Estate, Dorset Wildilfe Trust and…
From compost heaps to garden ponds: grass snakes uncovered
Sophie Baker, Communications Officer for the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire, reveals why we should celebrate, not fear, this mysterious British reptile.
Pond patrol
Discover some of the special species living in a garden pond, with entomologist Ben Keywood.
Common pond skater
The common pond skater can be seen 'skating' over the surface of ponds, lakes, ditches and slow-moving rivers. It is predatory, feeding on small insects by detecting vibrations in the…
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…
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts. Any pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats – the best…
How to build a pond
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Greater pond sedge
A tussocky sedge, Greater pond sedge has stout, upright flower spikes, strap-like leaves and triangular stems. It prefers lowland wetland habitats on heavy soils.
Pond Dipping at Lorton Meadows
Come and explore the underwater world of newts, water boatmen and diving beetles at one of our popular pond dipping sessions. Wet knees guaranteed.
Frome Headwaters Project
The Dorset Frome is the most westerly major chalk river in England, flowing southeast for approximately 60km from the Dorset Downs, through Dorchester and onwards to form the northern fringe of the Isle of Purbeck before entering Poole Harbour. The river is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) from Dorchester to Wareham.