Become a member - Wild Garden 2023

Elephant Hawk-Moth on flowers in a garden in sunshine

Tom Marshall

Join Dorset Wildlife Trust

Be part of a movement of over 27,500 members committed to protecting Dorset's precious wildlife

Join from £4 per month
Membership pack

Your membership will super-charge conservation work protecting Dorset's wildlife and wild places. You'll receive our Dorset Wildlife membership magazine three times a year, plus a copy of Explore Dorset, your handy guide to exploring all 40 Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserves. Family memberships also include our Wildlife Watch magazine for children four times a year.

We can't wait to welcome you to our wildlife community.

Choose your membership:

Spiny seahorse

Individual

Membership for you or as a gift for an individual.
Photograph showing two red damselflies facing one another

Joint

Membership for 2 adults living at the same address.
Barn Owls at Lorton Meadows Nature Reserve © Paul Williams

Family

Membership for up to 2 adults and 4 children at the same address.
Backs of people including a man as they walk across a bridge in a wood

© Amy Lewis

Individual and Joint Membership

You'll receive:

- Your exclusive membership magazine, Dorset Wildlife, three times a year by post or online, with information about events, including guided walks, talks and much more.

- A comprehensive guide to all 40 Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserves – safe havens for local wildlife free for you to visit all year round.

- Access to a digital Gaia card for one year giving access to a host of ethical discounts with local and online companies.

Join from £4 per month

Woman and children walking through a field in sunshine

Woman and children walking - Katharine Davies

Family membership

As well as all the membership benefits listed above, you will receive:

- Four issues a year of our exciting Wildlife Watch magazine for children

- Wildlife Watcher’s Handbook – a 60 page pocket-sized guide to being a ‘Wildlife Watcher’

- A membership card, badge, poster and stickers

- Access to fun family events, from arts and crafts to pond dipping, that feature in the diary of events that all members receive

- Access to a digital Gaia card for one year giving access to a host of ethical discounts with local and online companies.

Join from £5 per month

Your support will do great things for Dorset's wildlife

We will use your support where it’s needed most, whether that’s coppicing woodland so dormice and other species can thrive, installing nest boxes for threatened birds and mammals, or monitoring water voles so we can understand the best way to help them recover.

Join us today 

You can also purchase memberships as gifts in our online shop. 

Buy a gift membership

Fundraising Regulator

We promise to spend your membership wisely

75p of every £1 goes towards our work to save local wildlife

How we use donations

Need Help? Have any questions?

Don't hesitate to contact our Supporter Care Team on 01305 217965 Monday-Friday, 9-5pm, or email membership@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk

Minimum rates apply: Individual membership (1 person) is from £4 per month (or from £48 per annum); Joint membership (2 people) is from £4.50 per month (or from £54 per annum) and Family membership (2 people plus) is from £5 per month (or from £60 per annum).