Wake up to wildlife in Dorset with 30 Days Wild 2021
The UK’s biggest nature challenge begins in just under a week’s time, sparking local and national appetite for nature with The Big Wild Breakfast – new for The Wildlife Trusts’ 30 Days Wild…
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Successful ‘Wild Paths’ training scheme returns to combat skills shortage
The Wild Paths training scheme is now open for new applications. This popular training programme is back to train Dorset’s next conservationists in protecting the county’s wildlife and wild places…
Dorset Wildlife Trust visitor centres are reopening
We’re pleased to be able to start the gradual reopening of our visitor centres from 12th April 2021. Our priority is keeping you safe, so in line with Government guidance, we require all centre…
Dorset Wildlife Trust’s barn owl webcam is now streaming live
Wildlife lovers in Dorset and around the world can once again tune in live to watch a pair of barn owls nesting and raising their chicks on a nature reserve, near Weymouth.
Dorset Wildlife Trust launches ground-breaking beaver project
On Monday 8th February 2021, Dorset Wildlife Trust released two beavers into an enclosed site in west Dorset. This landmark project led by Dorset Wildlife Trust is the first of its kind for the…
Covid-19 restrictions update
Following Government Covid-19 guidance and restrictions, Dorset Wildlife Trust has closed its Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre and Fine Foundation Wild Seas Centre in Kimmeridge, with immediate…
60 bags of rubbish dumped and set alight at Powerstock Common Nature Reserve
In the most significant act of fly-tipping on Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserves this year, 60 bags of rubbish were dumped and then set alight at Powerstock Common nature reserve in West Dorset…
Bubble beach cleans and wild activities this half term
Dorset Wildlife Trust is offering plenty of opportunities for families to get out and help wildlife this half term, with a ‘bubble beach clean’ at the Fine Foundation Chesil Beach centre from 24th…
Local artist helps raise funds for wildlife in Dorset
The Fine Foundation Wild Seas Centre at Kimmeridge is celebrating wildlife with an art exhibition by local artist and volunteer, Rosemary Edwards, who kindly raised vital funds for Dorset Wildlife…
New marine species spotted at Kimmeridge
Dorset Wildlife Trust marine wardens have reported sightings of two species that are indicators of climate change at Kimmeridge in the last few weeks: the anemone shrimp and furrowed crab.