In March 2024 Dorset Wildlife Trust and Natural England purchased Lyscombe Farm – a 335 hectare landholding of upland chalk grassland, scrub, ancient woodland and meadow in the Dorset National…

Discover the brilliance of burying beetles with Dr Ellie Bladon, an evolutionary ecologist based in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.

The time it can take to build out developments granted planning permission is too long. The Wildlife Trusts’ head of land use planning, Becky Pullinger, discusses why.

Dorset Wildlife Trust's Director of Nature-based Solutions, Imogen Davenport, looks at why the new planning laws need amending if they are to meet their aims.

Assistant Wilder Communities Officer, Mitch Perkins, explains why we should put the pesticides down and go chemical free in our gardens this spring.

This International Beaver Day, Assistant Rivers and Wetlands Conservation Officer, Hannah Divine, shines a light on the incredible impact the beavers at the Dorset Beaver Project site have had on…

As the sea finally begins to warm after the winter, and marine wildlife gathers for mating and egg-laying, the Marine Team are busy finalising their winter maintenance and preparing to re-open The…

This spring celebrate hoverflies with insect expert Vicki Hird MSc FRES!

On World Rewilding Day, Wilder Landscapes Officer, Kelly Hunt, celebrates Dorset Wildlife Trust's community rewilding project, Wild Woodbury.

The Government’s immediate suspension of nature-friendly farming schemes and the risk of spending cuts to Defra’s farming budget threatens to derail the agricultural transition. Our senior land…