Volunteers needed at Marine Wildlife Centre in Kimmeridge
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is looking for new recruits to join a keen group of volunteers at the Fine Foundation Marine Centre at Kimmeridge, Dorset.
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Scottish Parliament passes wild animal circus ban
Animal Defenders International (ADI) has congratulated the Scottish Parliament for being the first nation in the UK to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.
BBC Countryfile visits Sturminster Newton care home
Residents and visitors at Newstone House did a triple take when they were visited by BBC Countryfile star Adam Henson and two alpacas.
Byelaw further protects marine wildlife on Dorset’s coast
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has welcomed a long-awaited byelaw, a remake from 2015, that will extend areas closed to mobile fishing (such as trawling and dredging), to cover features within Dorset’s two inshore Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), Poole Rocks, and Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges.
Hardy volunteers receive prestigious Dorset award
Volunteers from Hardy’s birthplace visitor centre situated on the edge of Thorncome Wood Nature Reserve have won the prestigious Dorset Volunteer Group of the Year award.
Moors Valley Country Park shortlisted for the 2017 Dorset Tourism Awards
Moors Valley Country Park and two of its partner businesses based at Ashley Heath near Ringwood, feature in four categories in the recently announced shortlist for the 2017 Dorset Tourism Awards.
Plantlife receive backing from National Lottery to build coastal woodlands’ resilience
A new Plantlife-led project to save and protect ancient trees and coastal woodlands has been backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Portuguese man o’ war wash up on Dorset beaches
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has received sightings of the Portuguese man o’ war being found washed up on Chesil, Kimmeridge and Charmouth beaches this week.
Over 9,000 badgers could be killed this year in Dorset despite advice that culling is unlikely to reduce bovine TB
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has announced that it is shocked and saddened to hear that the areas where badger culling will take place in Dorset this year will be substantially increased despite scientific advice that it is unlikely to have a meaningful effect in reducing bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Conference celebrates the ash tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late
The beautiful ash tree, which has proved so vital to human society down the ages, could soon disappear from the British Isles altogether due to Chalara, ash dieback disease, and the Springhead Trust is running a six-day celebration of the tree in Dorset and Wiltshire before it’s too late.