Steve Davis

Credit: Kate Plater

What’s that? Our half-price membership offer has been extended?! 😲

Due to popular demand, you’ve got a little more time to join Dorset Wildlife Trust at 50% off - but hurry! Ends midnight Tuesday 3 Feb ⏰

From just £2 a month, help protect Dorset’s wildlife 🌿🦋
Join now 👉 bit.ly/4bn2GTL ~ Jack

We’re so pleased to share some lovely news 💚Dorset Wildlife Trust is thrilled to be Royal Motor Yacht Club’s Charity of the Year!

Huge thanks to their members for supporting the Christmas Fair, Raffle and New Year Quiz — raising £2,212.72 so far for Dorset’s wildlife 🦋🌿

Three fantastic jobs available now.

Two land management jobs working across our nature reserves and rewilding sites on the wonderful Isle of Wight.

One business transformation role to help us modernise our operations & improve sustainability.

Apply!

hiwwt.current-vacancies.com/Careers/HIWW...

Engagement Assistant We are looking for an enthusiastic Engagement Assistant to support our team in delivering our public engagement and project work. You’ll be helping our team deliver an ambitious events schedule ...

We're recruiting!
BoPH are looking for a part-time Engagement Assistant to join our team. This role would be well-suited to an enthusiastic ornithologist with great communication skills & good knowledge of British birds. Full details: environmentjob.co.uk/posts/108499...
Closes: 30th Jan 2026

🎉Half-price membership is back!🎉

Nature in Dorset needs your support — with 1 in 6 UK species now at risk. Join Dorset Wildlife Trust this January for half price and help restore the habitats and wild places we all love. 💚👉 bit.ly/4bcPVeb ~ Jack

📸 Stephen Collins

The staff at Dorset Wildlife Trust have signed off for #Christmas, but we want to say a huge thank you to all of our members and supporters for making 2025 such a wild year. 🎄💚 During the Christmas break we encourage you to reconnect with nature 👉 bit.ly/2HVeT6Z ~Jack
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

You’re invited to our Wild Woodbury community open day on Saturday 15 November. 🌿 Drop in from 10am-3pm and get involved with some tree planting in the community forest and explore the rewilding site. Find out more here 👉 bit.ly/47jdAGz ~ Jack

💧 Will you help protect Dorset's Water for Wildlife? 💧

Less than 15% of Dorset's rivers are in good condition, and 90% of the UK’s wetlands have disappeared in the last 100 years.

Water for Wildlife 👉 bit.ly/4o6j126

An outstanding Captain, an outstanding leader.

Simon and Kirsty going well on their epic trek!

Morning dog walk, brightened by seeing the welcome return of the local wasp spiders. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Enjoyed a coffee in the garden earlier, and spotted this beauty of a jersey tiger having a rest. Great markings, and incredibly orange underwings when seen in flight. Dorset @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Spotted when I moved the bins, relocated to a far more suitable place. A welcome visitor to the garden. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #toad

What?!! I feel I need to apologise to the RSPB for skewing the data in the garden bird watch - I’ve clearly been misidentifying starlings for years!

Jersey tiger season is here. One of two in the garden today. #Dorset

Trustee | Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Trust is governed by a council of trustees elected at the Annual General Meeting. The voluntary role of trustee is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the effectiveness of our or...

We are looking for new trustees to join the board @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social - if you or anyone you know might be interested please take a look at the details here
www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/trustee (and please share this!)

Dorset Wildlife Trust: Conservation Trainee x 2 advertised with CJS Salary: £18,346 p.a. Part time, 28 hours per week Fixed term, 10 months Multiple locations: Beacon Hill, Dorset Wildlife Trust Urban Wildlife Centre Beacon Hill Lane Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset,…

Conservation Trainee x 2 opportunities with @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social Part time (28 hpw), fixed term (10 months). Locations: Dorset Wildlife Trust Urban Wildlife Centre, Corfe Mullen and Dorset Wildlife Trust HQ, Brooklands Farm, Dorchester c-js.uk/4kF7Lb6

One female and NINE male stag beetles flying around the garden. What an amazing experience!

Stag beetle, rescued from the attention of the local magpies. 3 others not so fortunate, just the heads remaining.

Magpies are not one of my favoured birds in the garden. They’ve moved on from terrorising the great tit youngsters, now settling for tucking into stag beetles. RIP Mr Stag

Taunton trail half marathon completed this morning. A great event to have as my last half marathon - my knees have had enough battering and it’s time to drop the miles to enjoying my running gain. Saturday parkruns are the order of the day from now on.

Well that’s a new one for me. Great tits fledged last Friday, and the fledglings are being fed by both parents, as is normal. The female however, has been back at the nestbox every night and is now sitting on a fresh clutch of eggs! Whilst still feeding the first bunch!

Four red kite swooping low over the minor road at Druce/Waterstone - drawn in by a roadkill pheasant. #dorset

They look a little off colour

I’ve signed. It won’t stop the idiots that are intent on arson, but will at least help prevent accidental fires.

A day away from the office, a great way to refresh the mind and enjoy being surrounded by birdsong. Bonus of catching (and releasing) a few fish as well!

Do you love connecting people with wildlife? 👀🦋 We have an exciting opportunity to join the centres team, based at Kingcombe Visitor Centre sitting within Kingcombe National Nature Reserve. 🙌 Find out more here 👉 bit.ly/3XQxcxH ~Jack

Closing date: Thurs 10 April

Our Chief Exec, Brian Bleese has spent the day on our Upton Heath nature reserve seeing the devastation the wildfire has caused across the nature reserve. (1/2)

Are you looking for a new professional challenge? 👀 We have a vacancy for a full time, permanent role of Head of Finance. Find out more about the role here 👉 bit.ly/4iCqbJl ~ Jack

Closing date: Friday 4 April 2025

📸 Natalie Dunn

Welcome back to the gang! Congratulations on the new role.