Things to do
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Get involved with great activities around Dorset or in your back garden. You can discover more with our ideas below or visit our friends the Dorset Local Nature Partnership for wellbeing activities here.
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Wildlife Events
Come along to any of our wildlife events, and learn more about the amazing wildlife around you.
Portland Volunteer Work Party
Join us for conservation work once a fortnight throughout winter, and help preserve Portland's rare limestone grassland.
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Portland Volunteer Work Party
Join us for conservation work once a fortnight throughout winter, and help preserve Portland's rare limestone grassland.
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Portland Volunteer Work Party
Join us for conservation work once a fortnight throughout winter, and help preserve Portland's rare limestone grassland.
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Urban Wildlife Volunteers
Practical conservation work.
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Portland Volunteer Work Party
Join us for conservation work once a fortnight throughout winter, and help preserve Portland's rare limestone grassland.
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Urban Wildlife Volunteers
Practical conservation work.
Ways you can help wildlife
How to create a mini pond
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range
of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies,
frogs and newts.-
How to build a pond
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
How to attract butterflies to your garden
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your…
How to create a container garden for wildlife
Introduce more wildlife features into a small space using pots and containers
How to build a bat box
Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.
How to conserve water
If we all do our part in conserving precious water supplies, we can make a huge difference for the environment.