The Lookout - a stunning new wildlife observatory on Brownsea Island
Construction work has started on The Lookout, a building commissioned by Dorset Wildlife Trust which will become the first destination for visitors to Brownsea Island
News: DWT Nature Reserves
News
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.
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…
Response to Britain’s ‘new deal’: Nature must be at the heart of the economic recovery
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) welcomes recent government announcements to invest in local nature conservation projects. However, there is deep concern about the threat to environmental regulations…
Beavers Build Back Better – but their future is not secure
Beavers create thriving ecosystems helping us to put nature firmly back on the road to recovery. The Wildlife Trusts are calling for a Beaver Strategy for England which would provide a roadmap to…
First barn owl chick hatches live on Dorset Wildlife Trust webcam
Yesterday evening (5th May) the first of five barn owl chicks hatched live on the Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) webcam. The remaining four eggs are expected to hatch any day now and over the bank…
Fire on Upton Heath
A fire on the evening of Wednesday 22nd April has damaged 200m2 of Upton Heath nature reserve. The likely cause is a disposable BBQ (pictured below on the site). The fire was put out by a Fire…
Fire on Winfrith Heath nature reserve destroys 1.2 hectares of wildlife habitat
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is sad to announce that on the evening of Sunday 5th April a fire on Winfrith Heath nature reserve in Dorset destroyed 1.2 hectares of wildlife habitat, equivalent to…