About the event

Our Young Voices Workshops aim to empower local young people aged 14–18 with the skills, knowledge and opportunity to stand up for the environment and make a difference. Come along and join a community of like-minded individuals with an interest in wildlife conservation and nature.

Dorset Wildlife Trust is hosting a regular monthly youth programme of activities, giving young people the opportunity to learn new conservation skills, experience nature and take practical action for the environment.

Activities across different sessions may include:

• Wildlife identification
• Wellbeing/nature journalling
• Guided walks

Each session will last for two hours.

Tuesday 16 September 2025 workshop overview – An introduction to Bat Detecting  

Join us for a guided evening walk at Lorton Meadows nature reserve. We will be looking for bats as they emerge for a night’s hunting as well as listening for owls and other creatures of the night. Using bat detectors, you will learn how to identify the different bat species that we encounter on the walk, which we will then record on the reserve's species list.