Swift
Swifts spend most of their lives flying – even sleeping, eating and drinking – only ever landing to nest. They like to nest in older buildings in small holes in roof spaces.
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Wimborne Swift Group
Formed in 2023, Wimborne Swifts is a community group from the Wimborne and Merley area with a shared love of swifts.
How to identify swifts, swallows, sand martins and house martins
Learn how to identify swifts, swallows and martins. These birds are all summer visitors to the UK. Here's how you can find the difference between a swift and a swallow or work out what kind of martin you could have spotted!
How to build a swift box
Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves of buildings. If you have a wall that's at least five…
Act swiftly! Public asked to help endangered high-flying birds
The Wildlife Trusts & RHS call on gardeners to help swifts, swallows, and martins
Woodland Recovery: Bats On The Night Shift
As Dorset Wildlife Trust's Living Landscapes Ecologist, I relish the chance to see bats up close during an evening's bat surveying.
Gifts in Wills Guide
Our free gifts in wills guide explains how to write or update your will, provides details of our free will-writing service and gives you the assurance you need that your gift will make a difference to wildlife in Dorset.
Philanthropy and major gifts
As an independent charity, Dorset Wildlife Trust relies on our members and donors for funding to protect wildlife and wild places and connect people with nature. As well as grant funding, philanthropic and major gifts make an even bigger impact. Major donors can help us to build resilience into our work to combat the climatic and ecological crises.
Gifts in wills - pledgers
We would love to hear from you. If you would like to get in touch about a gift in your will, please fill out this form.
Gifts in wills - enquirers and others
We would love to hear from you. If you would like to get in touch about a gift in your will, please fill out this form.
Major Gifts to the Nature Reserves Fund
Major donations of £5,000 or more are critical to achieving the goal of restoring 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030. If you’re able to make a significant gift, you will be part of an ambitious plan to protect Dorset’s wildlife.
Saltmarsh and mudflats
Saltwater marshes and mudflats form as saltwater floods swiftly and silently up winding creeks to cover the marsh before retreating again. This process reveals glistening mud teeming with the…