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Dorset Wildlife Trust Blogs
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Ocean with David Attenborough
Dorset Wildlife Trust's Marine Policy and Advocacy Manager, Peter Tinsley, reviews David Attenborough's groundbreaking new film 'Ocean'.
Lyscombe Ancient Monuments
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…
Nature's undertakers
Discover the brilliance of burying beetles with Dr Ellie Bladon, an evolutionary ecologist based in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.
Planning by numbers
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.
Why the Planning Bill needs urgent repairs
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.
Say ‘NO’ to chemical pest-control
Assistant Wilder Communities Officer, Mitch Perkins, explains why we should put the pesticides down and go chemical free in our gardens this spring.
International Beaver Day: The birds and beavers
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…
Spring is in the air – and in the sea!
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…
Footballers, batmen and heroes
This spring celebrate hoverflies with insect expert Vicki Hird MSc FRES!