Dorset Wildlife Trust
@dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
We're Dorset's biggest conservation charity, caring for 42 nature reserves and managing 4 visitor centres and a National Nature Reserve.
Support our work and become a member: dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
Support our work and become a member: dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
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💧 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
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
Donate to our Water for Wildlife appeal today and help us build leaky dams to slow the flow of water, purchase riverfly monitoring kits to survey wildlife, fill in old ditches to restore the flow of rivers, and build more ponds for wildlife. 💪💧👉 bit.ly/3IWjPrA ~ Jack
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Donate to our Water for Wildlife appeal today and help us build leaky dams to slow the flow of water, purchase riverfly monitoring kits to survey wildlife, fill in old ditches to restore the flow of rivers, and build more ponds for wildlife. 💪💧👉 bit.ly/3IWjPrA ~ Jack
Join River Catchment Manager Amanda Broom & Assistant Conservation Officer Hannah Divine as they chat about why rivers matter, the threats they face, and how we can all help protect them — from small home habits to Dorset Wild Rivers projects. 💧
👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Join River Catchment Manager Amanda Broom & Assistant Conservation Officer Hannah Divine as they chat about why rivers matter, the threats they face, and how we can all help protect them — from small home habits to Dorset Wild Rivers projects. 💧
👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
Make a mini wildlife pond for your outdoor space. 💧🐸
Whether you have your own garden space, or just a front doorstep, you can make your own mini container pond and help to provide water for wildlife! 👉 bit.ly/44d15sc ~ Jack
📹 Clara Moseley
Whether you have your own garden space, or just a front doorstep, you can make your own mini container pond and help to provide water for wildlife! 👉 bit.ly/44d15sc ~ Jack
📹 Clara Moseley
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Make a mini wildlife pond for your outdoor space. 💧🐸
Whether you have your own garden space, or just a front doorstep, you can make your own mini container pond and help to provide water for wildlife! 👉 bit.ly/44d15sc ~ Jack
📹 Clara Moseley
Whether you have your own garden space, or just a front doorstep, you can make your own mini container pond and help to provide water for wildlife! 👉 bit.ly/44d15sc ~ Jack
📹 Clara Moseley
What a late-season dormouse boom at Powerstock Common nature reserve! 🙌Over the last two months our ecology team found almost 50 dormice in our monitoring boxes across the site, including a couple of late-season breeding females.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What a late-season dormouse boom at Powerstock Common nature reserve! 🙌Over the last two months our ecology team found almost 50 dormice in our monitoring boxes across the site, including a couple of late-season breeding females.
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Large numbers or cormorant too... some roosting in the Villa Rd trees and easily spooked... photo taken from middle of a bramble patch 😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Large numbers or cormorant too... some roosting in the Villa Rd trees and easily spooked... photo taken from middle of a bramble patch 😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
✨👕 New designs and new kid’s range just landed! 👕✨
With the festive season around the corner, our wildlife tees, hoodies and sweatshirts make perfect eco-friendly gifts. 🎁♻️
Browse our beautifully illustrated clothing range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
With the festive season around the corner, our wildlife tees, hoodies and sweatshirts make perfect eco-friendly gifts. 🎁♻️
Browse our beautifully illustrated clothing range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
✨👕 New designs and new kid’s range just landed! 👕✨
With the festive season around the corner, our wildlife tees, hoodies and sweatshirts make perfect eco-friendly gifts. 🎁♻️
Browse our beautifully illustrated clothing range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
With the festive season around the corner, our wildlife tees, hoodies and sweatshirts make perfect eco-friendly gifts. 🎁♻️
Browse our beautifully illustrated clothing range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
Will you help protect Dorset's Water for Wildlife? 💧👀
Every donation, big or small, makes a huge difference to wetland wildlife in Dorset.
Donate now 👉 bit.ly/43liLVd ~ Jack
Every donation, big or small, makes a huge difference to wetland wildlife in Dorset.
Donate now 👉 bit.ly/43liLVd ~ Jack
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Will you help protect Dorset's Water for Wildlife? 💧👀
Every donation, big or small, makes a huge difference to wetland wildlife in Dorset.
Donate now 👉 bit.ly/43liLVd ~ Jack
Every donation, big or small, makes a huge difference to wetland wildlife in Dorset.
Donate now 👉 bit.ly/43liLVd ~ Jack
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Huge gull roost on Brownsea this evening. At least 2500 maybe more. 90% herring, but a couple of hundred gbbg and a few lbbg too. Wonderful sight! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Huge gull roost on Brownsea this evening. At least 2500 maybe more. 90% herring, but a couple of hundred gbbg and a few lbbg too. Wonderful sight! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
What a wonderful selection of birds spotted by Alison on her birdwatching session at Chesil! 🤩🐦
Find out more about our regular guided birdwatching sessions here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-... ~ Jack
Find out more about our regular guided birdwatching sessions here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-... ~ Jack
Great visit to Chesil & Ferrybridge today on a guided bird walk with Abi from @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social. 2/2 Kestrel, Bar-tailed Godwit with Ringed Plover, Dark-bellied Brent Geese & Mediterranean Gulls. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What a wonderful selection of birds spotted by Alison on her birdwatching session at Chesil! 🤩🐦
Find out more about our regular guided birdwatching sessions here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-... ~ Jack
Find out more about our regular guided birdwatching sessions here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-... ~ Jack
Join River Catchment Manager Amanda Broom & Assistant Conservation Officer Hannah Divine in our BRAND NEW podcast episode as they chat about why rivers matter, the threats they face, and how we can all help protect them — from small home habits to Dorset Wild Rivers projects.💧👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Join River Catchment Manager Amanda Broom & Assistant Conservation Officer Hannah Divine in our BRAND NEW podcast episode as they chat about why rivers matter, the threats they face, and how we can all help protect them — from small home habits to Dorset Wild Rivers projects.💧👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
Your donation to our Water for Wildlife appeal will help fund riverfly monitoring kits — giving us the tools to survey and better protect Dorset’s wetlands and the species that depend on them. 💧👉 bit.ly/3IWjPrA ~ Jack
📷 Amanda Broom
📷 Amanda Broom
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Your donation to our Water for Wildlife appeal will help fund riverfly monitoring kits — giving us the tools to survey and better protect Dorset’s wetlands and the species that depend on them. 💧👉 bit.ly/3IWjPrA ~ Jack
📷 Amanda Broom
📷 Amanda Broom
A very enjoyable bird identification course at Kingcombe yesterday with plenty of birds to see (and hear) including this obliging great spotted woodpecker.
Find out more about our events and courses here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events ~ Jack
📷 Hamish Murray
Find out more about our events and courses here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events ~ Jack
📷 Hamish Murray
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A very enjoyable bird identification course at Kingcombe yesterday with plenty of birds to see (and hear) including this obliging great spotted woodpecker.
Find out more about our events and courses here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events ~ Jack
📷 Hamish Murray
Find out more about our events and courses here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events ~ Jack
📷 Hamish Murray
It's Water for Wildlife quiz time! 💧✏
Can you guess which wetland bird this is? Let us know in the replies! 👀
#WaterforWildlife 👉 bit.ly/4h1xjPd ~ Jack
Can you guess which wetland bird this is? Let us know in the replies! 👀
#WaterforWildlife 👉 bit.ly/4h1xjPd ~ Jack
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's Water for Wildlife quiz time! 💧✏
Can you guess which wetland bird this is? Let us know in the replies! 👀
#WaterforWildlife 👉 bit.ly/4h1xjPd ~ Jack
Can you guess which wetland bird this is? Let us know in the replies! 👀
#WaterforWildlife 👉 bit.ly/4h1xjPd ~ Jack
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More amazing work being carried out by @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social, it's well worth your time reading Colleen's blog to find out more. 👇
Discover how we’re restoring the River Hooke and creating new ponds to boost biodiversity at Kingcombe NNR. 💧 From re-meandering the river to adding woody dams — nature is recovering, and Poole Harbour is benefitting. 🌿
Read Colleen’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LmlKXq ~ Jack
Read Colleen’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LmlKXq ~ Jack
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
More amazing work being carried out by @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social, it's well worth your time reading Colleen's blog to find out more. 👇
Great to see this exotic looking bird, thanks for sharing Mark! 📸
This glossy wading bird is a scarce visitor to the UK, though records have become more common in recent decades. Find out why, here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-exp... ~ Jack
This glossy wading bird is a scarce visitor to the UK, though records have become more common in recent decades. Find out why, here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-exp... ~ Jack
More of the Glossy Ibises
Ridge, Wareham, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Ridge, Wareham, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Great to see this exotic looking bird, thanks for sharing Mark! 📸
This glossy wading bird is a scarce visitor to the UK, though records have become more common in recent decades. Find out why, here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-exp... ~ Jack
This glossy wading bird is a scarce visitor to the UK, though records have become more common in recent decades. Find out why, here 👉 www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-exp... ~ Jack
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Early start and running for the first boat but still managed to pick up a small flock of redwing over Church Field and the castle grounds. Good start to the day 😊 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Early start and running for the first boat but still managed to pick up a small flock of redwing over Church Field and the castle grounds. Good start to the day 😊 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Shaun was delighted to find a kingfisher in his wildlife-friendly space!
UK gardens cover nearly half a million hectares! If these were all wildlife-friendly spaces, we’d create an amazing opportunity to help wildlife. Find out more and apply for your very own plaque here 👉 bit.ly/3AM2eJ7 ~ Jack
UK gardens cover nearly half a million hectares! If these were all wildlife-friendly spaces, we’d create an amazing opportunity to help wildlife. Find out more and apply for your very own plaque here 👉 bit.ly/3AM2eJ7 ~ Jack
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Shaun was delighted to find a kingfisher in his wildlife-friendly space!
UK gardens cover nearly half a million hectares! If these were all wildlife-friendly spaces, we’d create an amazing opportunity to help wildlife. Find out more and apply for your very own plaque here 👉 bit.ly/3AM2eJ7 ~ Jack
UK gardens cover nearly half a million hectares! If these were all wildlife-friendly spaces, we’d create an amazing opportunity to help wildlife. Find out more and apply for your very own plaque here 👉 bit.ly/3AM2eJ7 ~ Jack
Discover how we’re restoring the River Hooke and creating new ponds to boost biodiversity at Kingcombe NNR. 💧 From re-meandering the river to adding woody dams — nature is recovering, and Poole Harbour is benefitting. 🌿
Read Colleen’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LmlKXq ~ Jack
Read Colleen’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LmlKXq ~ Jack
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Discover how we’re restoring the River Hooke and creating new ponds to boost biodiversity at Kingcombe NNR. 💧 From re-meandering the river to adding woody dams — nature is recovering, and Poole Harbour is benefitting. 🌿
Read Colleen’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LmlKXq ~ Jack
Read Colleen’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LmlKXq ~ Jack
Brown trout need healthy waterways to thrive. 🐟 Donate to our Water for Wildlife appeal and help fund vital river restoration work to support brown trout, other fish, invertebrates and many more riverbank species like water vole. 👉 bit.ly/46Siaeo ~ Jack
📸 Jack Perks
📸 Jack Perks
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Brown trout need healthy waterways to thrive. 🐟 Donate to our Water for Wildlife appeal and help fund vital river restoration work to support brown trout, other fish, invertebrates and many more riverbank species like water vole. 👉 bit.ly/46Siaeo ~ Jack
📸 Jack Perks
📸 Jack Perks
What’s Amendment 130 and why does it matter?
It ensures the new planning system works with nature, not against. It will:
🌳 Protect wildlife - without it, nature & development both lose out.
✅ Provide certainty in planning
📢 Stand with nature: bit.ly/4qrc0ei ~ Jack
It ensures the new planning system works with nature, not against. It will:
🌳 Protect wildlife - without it, nature & development both lose out.
✅ Provide certainty in planning
📢 Stand with nature: bit.ly/4qrc0ei ~ Jack
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What’s Amendment 130 and why does it matter?
It ensures the new planning system works with nature, not against. It will:
🌳 Protect wildlife - without it, nature & development both lose out.
✅ Provide certainty in planning
📢 Stand with nature: bit.ly/4qrc0ei ~ Jack
It ensures the new planning system works with nature, not against. It will:
🌳 Protect wildlife - without it, nature & development both lose out.
✅ Provide certainty in planning
📢 Stand with nature: bit.ly/4qrc0ei ~ Jack
Our Species of the Month for November is turkeytail fungus! 🍄The turkeytail is a very colourful bracket fungus that is at its best in the autumn. Its circular caps can be seen growing in tiers on trees and dead wood. Find out more and report your sightings here 👉 bit.ly/3cHL9FB ~ Jack
📸 Mariko Whyte
📸 Mariko Whyte
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our Species of the Month for November is turkeytail fungus! 🍄The turkeytail is a very colourful bracket fungus that is at its best in the autumn. Its circular caps can be seen growing in tiers on trees and dead wood. Find out more and report your sightings here 👉 bit.ly/3cHL9FB ~ Jack
📸 Mariko Whyte
📸 Mariko Whyte
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This week, we're talking about #bonfires!
🦔 🚫 🔥
We've put together top tips on how best to reduce the risk of harming #hedgehogs this #bonfirenight - please share it far & wide!
STOP. MOVE. CHECK! ⬇️
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/rememberhedg...
#rememberhedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight
🦔 🚫 🔥
We've put together top tips on how best to reduce the risk of harming #hedgehogs this #bonfirenight - please share it far & wide!
STOP. MOVE. CHECK! ⬇️
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/rememberhedg...
#rememberhedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This week, we're talking about #bonfires!
🦔 🚫 🔥
We've put together top tips on how best to reduce the risk of harming #hedgehogs this #bonfirenight - please share it far & wide!
STOP. MOVE. CHECK! ⬇️
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/rememberhedg...
#rememberhedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight
🦔 🚫 🔥
We've put together top tips on how best to reduce the risk of harming #hedgehogs this #bonfirenight - please share it far & wide!
STOP. MOVE. CHECK! ⬇️
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/rememberhedg...
#rememberhedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight
Some absolute stunners, Stevie! Thanks for sharing. 🤩🍄
Who else spotted lots of fungi over the weekend? 👀 ~ Jack
Who else spotted lots of fungi over the weekend? 👀 ~ Jack
I grabbed my phone, a clip-on macro lens and focussed on the smaller fungi (and a slime mould) in a wet Dorset wood. See ALT text for more detail 😎 Powerstock NR 1/11/25 #dorset #fungi @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Some absolute stunners, Stevie! Thanks for sharing. 🤩🍄
Who else spotted lots of fungi over the weekend? 👀 ~ Jack
Who else spotted lots of fungi over the weekend? 👀 ~ Jack
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I love my rare Dingy Mocha Moth 🦋. What a lovely way to support wildlife conservation @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
They've just added stuff for kids, wildlife tees, hoodies, sweatshirts & Christmas 🎁. Perfect eco-friendly gifts! ♻️
dorset-wildlife-trust.teemill.com/collection/w... #Dorset
They've just added stuff for kids, wildlife tees, hoodies, sweatshirts & Christmas 🎁. Perfect eco-friendly gifts! ♻️
dorset-wildlife-trust.teemill.com/collection/w... #Dorset
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I love my rare Dingy Mocha Moth 🦋. What a lovely way to support wildlife conservation @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
They've just added stuff for kids, wildlife tees, hoodies, sweatshirts & Christmas 🎁. Perfect eco-friendly gifts! ♻️
dorset-wildlife-trust.teemill.com/collection/w... #Dorset
They've just added stuff for kids, wildlife tees, hoodies, sweatshirts & Christmas 🎁. Perfect eco-friendly gifts! ♻️
dorset-wildlife-trust.teemill.com/collection/w... #Dorset
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The Ladybird Spider is gorgeous! It was thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in Dorset. It's so endangered in the UK that it's possible to count each individual spider! I also love the Toadstool jumper. 🍄🐞🕷️
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November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Ladybird Spider is gorgeous! It was thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in Dorset. It's so endangered in the UK that it's possible to count each individual spider! I also love the Toadstool jumper. 🍄🐞🕷️
dorset-wildlife-trust.teemill.com/product/wome... @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
dorset-wildlife-trust.teemill.com/product/wome... @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social