Play I-Spy: the Living with Mammals survey
Volunteers are needed to spot and record sightings of Britain’s mammals for the Living with Mammals survey
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Parkstone Grammar School students supported in Young Enterprise Challenge
Dolphin Shopping Centre has supported Parkstone Grammar School students for the Young Enterprise Tenner Challenge.
Dorset Agricultural Society to host annual Spring Show
The Dorset Agricultural Society is inviting members of the public to attend its annual Spring Show on Sunday 25 March, hoping many will also enter the wide-ranging competitions on offer.
£20K needed to help ensure survival of two barn owls
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched an appeal to raise £20,000 for Lorton Meadows in Weymouth to help ensure survival of two barn owls and their offspring
UK Government to ban wild animal circuses by 2020
Animal Defenders International (ADI) has congratulated the UK Government on committing to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in England by January 2020.
Two men sentenced after destroying bat roosts in the Dorset town of Ferndown
The destruction of bat roosts in Ferndown has resulted in the sentencing of two men, and an application under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – only the second time this has been done for a bat crime in the UK.
Upside-down jellyfish rediscovered at Weymouth SEA LIFE
For the first time in 10 years, a bloom of upside-down jellyfish has been discovered at Weymouth SEA LIFE after curators found them at the bottom of the park’s garden eel tank.
European Parliament votes to ban electrocution of fish
Campaigning MEP Julie Girling has been successful today in moves in the European Parliament to ban so-called pulse fishing.
New report: we need to make better homes for people and wildlife
A new report just published by Dorset Wildlife Trust sets out new guidelines about how housing developments can be built in a way that benefits both the Dorset environment and people.
MEP Julie Girling calls for ban on fishing using electric shock
Campaigning MEP Julie Girling is leading a move in the European Parliament tomorrow (Tuesday 16 January) to ban so-called pulse fishing.