Become a member - Spring 2024

2 great tit birds, one in flight on the right and one perched on a branch on the left

Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Join Dorset Wildlife Trust

For a limited time only, you'll receive a beautiful bird ID print when you join Dorset Wildlife Trust's community of 27,000 members

Join from £4 per month
A poster with illustrated birds, titled 'Garden birds'. It features illustrations of: blue tit, dunnock, great tit, chaffinch, wren, sparrowhawk, coal tit, goldfinch and bullfinch

Join today and you'll receive this beautifully illustrated bird ID print in your welcome pack. Presented on high-quality A4 gloss paper, it's perfect for framing for display in your home. Your membership will power conservation work protecting Dorset's wildlife, including these bird species and so many more. Plus, you'll receive your Dorset Wildlife membership magazine three times a year and Explore Dorset, your guide to exploring all 40 Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserves. 

We can't wait to welcome you to our wildlife community.

Choose your membership:

Lapwing

Individual

Membership for you or as a gift for an individual.
2 black and white avocet birds wading in water in the daylight. One is stooping towards the water.

Joint

Membership for 2 adults living at the same address.
Great tit nest

Family

Membership for up to 2 adults and 4 children at the same address.
Backs of people including a man as they walk across a bridge in a wood

© Amy Lewis

Individual and Joint Membership

You'll receive:

- Your exclusive membership magazine, Dorset Wildlife, three times a year by post or online, with information about events, including guided walks, talks and much more.

- A comprehensive guide to all 40 Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserves – safe havens for local wildlife free for you to visit all year round.

- Your free illustrated bird identification print.

Join from £4 per month

Woman and children walking through a field in sunshine

Woman and children walking - Katharine Davies

Family membership

As well as all the membership benefits listed above, you will receive:

- Four issues a year of our exciting Wildlife Watch magazine for children

- Wildlife Watcher’s Handbook – a 60 page pocket-sized guide to being a ‘Wildlife Watcher’

- A membership card, badge, poster and stickers

- Access to fun family events, from arts and crafts to pond dipping, that feature in the diary of events that all members receive

- Your free illustrated bird identification print.

Join from £5 per month

Your support will do great things for Dorset's wildlife

We will use your support where it’s needed most, whether that’s coppicing woodland so dormice and other species can thrive, installing nest boxes for threatened birds and mammals, or monitoring water voles so we can understand the best way to help them recover.

Join us today 

Fundraising Regulator

We promise to spend your membership wisely

75p of every £1 goes towards our work to save local wildlife

How we use donations

Need Help? Have any questions?

Don't hesitate to contact our Supporter Care Team on 01305 217965 Monday-Friday, 9-5pm, or email membership@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk

Minimum rates apply: Individual membership (1 person) is from £4 per month (or from £48 per annum); Joint membership (2 people) is from £4.50 per month (or from £54 per annum) and Family membership (2 people plus) is from £5 per month (or from £60 per annum).