Celebrate National Marine Weeks on the Dorset coast
We're inviting everyone to enjoy and explore the amazing array of marine wildlife along the Dorset coast this summer. With special events planned to celebrate National Marine Weeks from 24…
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Kingcombe Meadows & Powerstock Common designated as England’s newest National Nature Reserve
More than 30 years after a national campaign to save ‘the farm that time forgot’, Kingcombe Meadows has been recognised as a gold-standard haven for wildlife, as it is declared England’s newest…
Dorset Wildlife Trust cruise ship anchoring report reveals seabed damage
A report carried out by Dorset Wildlife Trust earlier this year has revealed the impact of large cruise ships mooring for long periods off the coast of Dorset due to Covid-19.
Acquisition of land for wildlife will create a wilder Dorset
Wildlife in Dorset will get more of the space it desperately needs to spread and regenerate following Dorset Wildlife Trust’s acquisition of a large area of land south-east of Bere Regis.
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…
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.
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…