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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.
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.
Free wildlife discovery event at Moors Valley
Moors Valley Country Park, near Ringwood, holds its fourth annual wildlife discovery BioBlitz event on Tuesday 25 July 2017.
Rhododendron removal at Arrowsmith Coppice in Poole clears the way for wildlife
The removal of invasive rhododendron, which was swamping Arrowsmith Coppice and smothering native plants and trees, has created space for the regeneration of wildlife such as heather and purple moor grass, and allowed better access for local people.
The best of British wildlife photography on its way to Moors Valley Country Park
The best of British wildlife photography on on its way to Moors Valley Country Park
Dorset hedgerows in decline says wildlife charity
An urgent campaign to raise money has been launched by Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) to allow its winter hedgerow maintenance work to continue in the county.
Double whammy for Wimborne Minster’s God’s Acre
NEWS FEED Margaret Turner who leads the small group that cares for God’s Acre receiving the gold award from the Archdeacon of Dorset, the Venerable Antony Macrow-Wood For the second year in succession, Wimborne Minster’s God’s Acre has won gold under the Living Churchyard Scheme. Wimborne Minster’s God’s Acre scheme promotes the use of churchyards as…
Rhin-o-success! Trade in Southern White Rhino horn rejected, but African elephants and lions denied additional protections
Animal Defenders International (ADI) has applauded the overwhelming rejection at CITES’ (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) 17th conference in Johannesburg of Swaziland’s attempt to legalize trade in Southern White Rhino Horn. There was great opposition to the controversial proposal, including actress Joanna Lumley, who voiced her support for ADI’s campaign.