Wildlife Matters Blog

Beauty and the Beach: A story about litter…

by Marc Smith, Marine Warden It was a beautiful day as the sun shone down over Worbarrow Bay, just one of the many breath taking, rugged beaches along the Jurassic Coast and part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site.  A site recognised globally for its ‘outstanding universal value’. Out of sight the [...]

Work experience wonderment

By Abigail Spear, Placement Student at Brooklands Farm and The Kingcombe Centre I was lucky enough to secure a week’s work experience, working between the Kingcombe Centre and Brooklands Farm. I’ve never known an environment quite like it, and I don’t just mean the beautiful fields and meadows; the atmosphere is so friendly and [...]

Boxing Day 50 for 50 Challenge

By Julie Hatcher,  Marine Awareness Officer Time was running out for me to do a 50 for 50 challenge for Dorset Wildlife Trust’s 50th Anniversary – December already. 9th December – had a bright idea after doing a steam room and cold-water plunge – a Boxing Day dip in the sea to raise money for [...]

Conservation volunteering at Weymouth’s Lorton Meadows

By Catherine Mason – Community Conservation Officer From October to March we run volunteer conservation tasks every fortnight at Lorton Meadows nature reserve in Weymouth. These task days are vital to help us manage the reserve for wildlife, and they are also a great way for local people to get out and enjoy the countryside [...]

Halfway through my 50 for 50

by Jane Jenkins, Volunteer Digital Media Assistant You can read Jane’s first blog post for her 50for50 challenge by clicking here  The last blog post I did saw me just over a week in to my 50 for 50 challenge and although I’d anticipated a rocky  journey, I had no idea how much harder it [...]

2011 Studland Seahorse and Seagrass Project Comes To A Close

By Tom Barnfield, DWT Studland Seagrass Warden Believe it or not, we are in the last week of the 2011 Studland Seahorse and Seagrass Project. I don’t know about you, but the summer went far too quickly for my liking! We had a little change to proceedings last week with our participation in the Sandbanks [...]

Green Team’s Final Project

By Members of the Green Team Because of the recent fire, DWT are in planning to put livestock on to the heath in order to control the excess growth of birch, bracken and millenia grass. Our project is to prepare the area along the old fence line near the reservoir site at the Corfe Mullen [...]

Rain, Wind and Shine

By Tom Barnfield, Studland Warden Its been a mixed couple of weeks here on the Studland project. We’ve had some sunny kayak days, some windy Discovery Centre days, some office days and a few days spent visiting marinas. With howling winds last Sunday it was deemed a bit dangerous for us and our little kayak [...]

Young volunteers get crabby

by Marc Smith, Marine Warden At Kimmeridge Bay, as part of the celebrations for the Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week, young volunteers got the exciting opportunity to experience life as a ‘Marine Warden’ for the day.  Budding conservationists and young marine enthusiasts – members of our K Team – joined me to find out about some [...]

Marine Week at Kimmeridge

By Nicola Geary, Volunteer Marine Warden   As one of the new volunteer marine wardens at Kimmeridge Bay, fresh out of university and a fair distance from my landlocked urbanized Hertfordshire home, I have been overwhelmed by the sheer abundance of marine life here.  In the very short time that I have had the pleasure [...]