Category: Dorset Wildlife & Animals

Vanishing Wildlife – Dorset declares a Nature Emergency

As the council tackles biodiversity loss, Rachael Rowe looks at Dorset’s declaration and the steps it is taking to protect wildlife The dearth of insects,...

The fascinating lives of oil beetles

Easy to identify and a downright astonishing lifecycle – conservation officer Mariko Whyte takes a closer look at one of our most intriguing native...

Your garden’s hidden ambush artists

The colour-changing flower crab spider hunts among the summer blooms: they fascinate ex-arachnophobe wildlife writer Jane Adams I’m watching a spider on a flower, in...

The forgotten art of hedgerow life cycles

With new incentives for sustainable farming, hedgerows are crucial – Andrew Livingston talks to hedge expert John Calder ‘Hedges are the single most important ecological...

Seals – what to do if you spot one

Encountering seals on the Dorset shore is increasingly common; DWT’s Julie Hatcher shares the proper behaviour to ensure their ongoing safety Seals have been in...

Why is wildife so stupid?

After a roadside rescue of a bunch of toddler ducks, wildlife writer Jane Adams suggests that maybe it’s not the wildlife that’s the issue...

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Feel the Heat: Great Dorset Chilli Festival Returns This August!

Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August 2025 Mark your calendars and spice up your summer! The Great Dorset Chilli Festival returns for its 14th year...
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Troglodytes troglodyte – the king of the birds

Wildlife writer Jane Adams greets one of the UK’s feistiest, loudest and most industrious birds as he survives winter before building a harem I’m filling...

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