Planning for pollinators
The Get Dorset Buzzing campaign has seen nearly 4,000 people in Dorset pledge to help pollinators in their gardens. Author, wildlife gardening expert and Get Dorset Buzzing supporter, Kate…
The Get Dorset Buzzing campaign has seen nearly 4,000 people in Dorset pledge to help pollinators in their gardens. Author, wildlife gardening expert and Get Dorset Buzzing supporter, Kate…
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
August is underway and as the days shorten a little more, we make our way through the final weeks of Summer. This month, there are steps you can take that will help to ensure your garden continues…
Michelle was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer of 2014. After undergoing a life-saving operation and an intensive chemotherapy course, she is on the road to recovery.
Wildlife…
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…
Theresa May’s speech on the environment shows that, at last, a Government is seeing how much the environment means to the people of the UK, not least young people. Both the speech and the plan…
We're planning to renaturalise the River Sherford which currently exists as a network of ditches at Wild Woodbury. To monitor the water flow, we've installed six V notch weirs - in this…
With a second reading of the Retained EU Laws Bill expected soon, we're sharing a series of blogs about the laws and regulations designed to protect nature that are under threat. Today, Sue…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is advising anyone planning to visit one of its 42 nature reserves in Dorset to adhere to the government guidance for social distancing and to only use these sites as…
These globe-spanning seabirds can often be seen offshore in autumn, shearing low over the waves.
The Hybrid black poplar is a variety of our wild Black poplar that can be seen along riversides, roadsides and in parks. Used for ornamental planting and timber, it has become naturalised in the…