The newly opened greenspace forms part of a rewilding effort to safeguard Dorset’s delicate heathland ecosystems while ...

The Wild Woodbury project has already helped support populations of lapwings, snipe, frogs, dragonflies and freshwater ...

DORSET Wildlife trust is calling for donations to its 'water for wildlife' appeal as it says the county's wetlands are in "crisis". So far, nearly £5,000 has been raised for the 'water for wildlife' ...

Conservationists are celebrating the fourth successful breeding season for the UK's smallest and most threatened seabird. The ...

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Rare bats, bugs and plants in Dorset are set to benefit from a winter woodland project. Seven "wet" woodlands, which lie on marshy ground, will be restored along the Frome and South Winterborne rivers ...

Birdsong apps may be better suited for the rural backyard. Forty-two UK nature reserves run by the Dorset Wildlife Trust have begun warning visitors against their use inside of conservation areas. In ...

It is inevitable that technology and decidedly non-technological things will continue to merge as mobile devices and such become more powerful and less expensive. One such way this reality has ...

Dorset’s beaches are nicely varied and, Bournemouth aside, are often not as busy as those in Devon and Cornwall. Stretching along the south coast, they can be long, continuing for miles. First, decide ...

Lapwings are among the species to benefit from previous work at Wild Woodbury [Mark Hamblin] Work has begun to rewet areas of peat habitat on a nature reserve to improve water quality and support a ...