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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📢 NEW Wildlife Adoption! 📢
Our brand-new digital seal adoption is here — just in time for Christmas! 🦭✨
Your instant digital pack includes:
🦭 Seal fact file
🌊 Print-ready certificate
🦭 High-res seal photo
Give the gift of wildlife this Christmas from just £20 👉 bit.ly/4o0T9V4
📸 Sarah Hodgson
Our brand-new digital seal adoption is here — just in time for Christmas! 🦭✨
Your instant digital pack includes:
🦭 Seal fact file
🌊 Print-ready certificate
🦭 High-res seal photo
Give the gift of wildlife this Christmas from just £20 👉 bit.ly/4o0T9V4
📸 Sarah Hodgson
What a stunner, Pete! 🤩 A common dabbling duck, the wigeon is a winter visitor that gathers in large numbers, particularly on wet grasslands, floodplain meadows, flooded gravel pits and reservoirs.
Have you spotted one recently? 👀 ~ Jack
Have you spotted one recently? 👀 ~ Jack
Male Wigeon Holes Bay Poole Harbour Dorset @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What a stunner, Pete! 🤩 A common dabbling duck, the wigeon is a winter visitor that gathers in large numbers, particularly on wet grasslands, floodplain meadows, flooded gravel pits and reservoirs.
Have you spotted one recently? 👀 ~ Jack
Have you spotted one recently? 👀 ~ Jack
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If you sign up for @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 12 Days Wild #festive #nature challenge you'll receive a digital pack to help you Go Wild.
More Details 👇
www.wildlifetrusts.org/12dayswild
More Details 👇
www.wildlifetrusts.org/12dayswild
12 Days Wild | The Wildlife Trusts
Take part in The Wildlife Trusts' 12 Days of Wild Christmas! We're encouraging everyone to spend 12 Days Wild this year, and get outdoors during the festive period. Sign up and we'll give you lots of ...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you sign up for @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 12 Days Wild #festive #nature challenge you'll receive a digital pack to help you Go Wild.
More Details 👇
www.wildlifetrusts.org/12dayswild
More Details 👇
www.wildlifetrusts.org/12dayswild
Have you seen a long-tailed tit in December? 🐦 Learn how to identify our Species of the Month, and report your sightings here 👉 bit.ly/3cHL9FB ~ Jack
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Have you seen a long-tailed tit in December? 🐦 Learn how to identify our Species of the Month, and report your sightings here 👉 bit.ly/3cHL9FB ~ Jack
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
Ever wondered what our adoption species get up to in winter? ❄️🦫🦭🐿️
Our team shares how we monitor and protect beavers, seals and red squirrels through the colder months. Read the blog and adopt today 💚 👉 bit.ly/4iDfiHN
~ Jack
📸Paul Williams/David Parkyn/Sarah Hodgson
Our team shares how we monitor and protect beavers, seals and red squirrels through the colder months. Read the blog and adopt today 💚 👉 bit.ly/4iDfiHN
~ Jack
📸Paul Williams/David Parkyn/Sarah Hodgson
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ever wondered what our adoption species get up to in winter? ❄️🦫🦭🐿️
Our team shares how we monitor and protect beavers, seals and red squirrels through the colder months. Read the blog and adopt today 💚 👉 bit.ly/4iDfiHN
~ Jack
📸Paul Williams/David Parkyn/Sarah Hodgson
Our team shares how we monitor and protect beavers, seals and red squirrels through the colder months. Read the blog and adopt today 💚 👉 bit.ly/4iDfiHN
~ Jack
📸Paul Williams/David Parkyn/Sarah Hodgson
🎉 Free UK delivery from 4–7 Dec at our Teemill store! 🎉
Sorting Christmas gifts? Now’s the perfect time 🎄✨
Our clothing is made from organic materials, powered by renewable energy, and designed to be remade. ♻️💚
Shop the range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
Sorting Christmas gifts? Now’s the perfect time 🎄✨
Our clothing is made from organic materials, powered by renewable energy, and designed to be remade. ♻️💚
Shop the range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎉 Free UK delivery from 4–7 Dec at our Teemill store! 🎉
Sorting Christmas gifts? Now’s the perfect time 🎄✨
Our clothing is made from organic materials, powered by renewable energy, and designed to be remade. ♻️💚
Shop the range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
Sorting Christmas gifts? Now’s the perfect time 🎄✨
Our clothing is made from organic materials, powered by renewable energy, and designed to be remade. ♻️💚
Shop the range here 👉 bit.ly/3JbDYK5 ~ Jack
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Flocks a little squashed together as the lagoon water level slowly return to normal after the new nesting island construction work. Should be more mud for them soon! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Flocks a little squashed together as the lagoon water level slowly return to normal after the new nesting island construction work. Should be more mud for them soon! #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
We may be approaching the end of the year, but there's still plenty of wildlife to be seen throughout December! 👀❄️
Let us know in the comments if you spot any of these. ~ Jack
Let us know in the comments if you spot any of these. ~ Jack
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
We may be approaching the end of the year, but there's still plenty of wildlife to be seen throughout December! 👀❄️
Let us know in the comments if you spot any of these. ~ Jack
Let us know in the comments if you spot any of these. ~ Jack
Beautiful goldcrest spotted on Townsend nature reserve yesterday by Hamish Murray. ~ Jack
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Beautiful goldcrest spotted on Townsend nature reserve yesterday by Hamish Murray. ~ Jack
Looks like a super successful trip! 🤩 Thanks for sharing. ~ Jack
Stunning weather for yesterdays excellent BoPH Safari with Spoonbill, RB Merganser, Kestrel and female WTE G466 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Looks like a super successful trip! 🤩 Thanks for sharing. ~ Jack
Today is #GivingTuesday - a day for people and organisations to support the causes close to their hearts. This Giving Tuesday, support Dorset's wildlife by purchasing your Christmas gifts from Dorset Wildlife Trust! Browse our Christmas offerings 👉 bit.ly/4ixRrtf ~ Jack
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday - a day for people and organisations to support the causes close to their hearts. This Giving Tuesday, support Dorset's wildlife by purchasing your Christmas gifts from Dorset Wildlife Trust! Browse our Christmas offerings 👉 bit.ly/4ixRrtf ~ Jack
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More excavating, more tern islands starting to appear... and more totally unbothered waders 🤷♀️😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
More excavating, more tern islands starting to appear... and more totally unbothered waders 🤷♀️😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Wondered why the small birds around the Villa were shouting a lot this morning... this gorgeous juv (?) sparrowhawk also seemed to be thinking 'what's all the fuss?!' #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wondered why the small birds around the Villa were shouting a lot this morning... this gorgeous juv (?) sparrowhawk also seemed to be thinking 'what's all the fuss?!' #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Our Species of the Month for December is the long-tailed tit. 🐦 Learn how to identify this tiny bird, and report your sightings here 👉 bit.ly/3cHL9FB ~ Jack
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our Species of the Month for December is the long-tailed tit. 🐦 Learn how to identify this tiny bird, and report your sightings here 👉 bit.ly/3cHL9FB ~ Jack
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
📸 Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
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Next week you can find us at the following locations -
we've got plenty of Christmas gift ideas for fellow birdwatchers and wildlife lovers 🎁🔭
5/12 Walthamstow Wetlands @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
6/12 Brandon Marsh @warwickshirewt.bsky.social
6/12 Wild Chesil @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
we've got plenty of Christmas gift ideas for fellow birdwatchers and wildlife lovers 🎁🔭
5/12 Walthamstow Wetlands @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
6/12 Brandon Marsh @warwickshirewt.bsky.social
6/12 Wild Chesil @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Next week you can find us at the following locations -
we've got plenty of Christmas gift ideas for fellow birdwatchers and wildlife lovers 🎁🔭
5/12 Walthamstow Wetlands @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
6/12 Brandon Marsh @warwickshirewt.bsky.social
6/12 Wild Chesil @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
we've got plenty of Christmas gift ideas for fellow birdwatchers and wildlife lovers 🎁🔭
5/12 Walthamstow Wetlands @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
6/12 Brandon Marsh @warwickshirewt.bsky.social
6/12 Wild Chesil @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Turn your #BlackFriday green by shopping with Easyfundraising!
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Turn your #BlackFriday green by shopping with Easyfundraising!
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
@easyfundraising is partnered with over 8,000 brands (including John Lewis, Amazon and Currys) who will donate part of what you spend to Dorset Wildlife Trust for FREE! Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/46ndafO ~ Jack
📸 Natalie Dunn
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? 🎄
Finding eco-friendly gifts that don't break the bank can be really tricky. Luckily, we offer a range of gifts sure to bring joy to your friends and family while doing good for Dorset's wildlife. 🎁👉 bit.ly/3X7Ndyz ~ Jack
Finding eco-friendly gifts that don't break the bank can be really tricky. Luckily, we offer a range of gifts sure to bring joy to your friends and family while doing good for Dorset's wildlife. 🎁👉 bit.ly/3X7Ndyz ~ Jack
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? 🎄
Finding eco-friendly gifts that don't break the bank can be really tricky. Luckily, we offer a range of gifts sure to bring joy to your friends and family while doing good for Dorset's wildlife. 🎁👉 bit.ly/3X7Ndyz ~ Jack
Finding eco-friendly gifts that don't break the bank can be really tricky. Luckily, we offer a range of gifts sure to bring joy to your friends and family while doing good for Dorset's wildlife. 🎁👉 bit.ly/3X7Ndyz ~ Jack
Do you want to help local hedgehogs? 🦔🎁
Gift a digital Dorset hedgehog adoption pack this Christmas and help fund vital conservation work in communities to support hedgehogs and other precious species! 👉 bit.ly/3LQ5rlK ~ Jack
📸 John Bridges
Gift a digital Dorset hedgehog adoption pack this Christmas and help fund vital conservation work in communities to support hedgehogs and other precious species! 👉 bit.ly/3LQ5rlK ~ Jack
📸 John Bridges
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Do you want to help local hedgehogs? 🦔🎁
Gift a digital Dorset hedgehog adoption pack this Christmas and help fund vital conservation work in communities to support hedgehogs and other precious species! 👉 bit.ly/3LQ5rlK ~ Jack
📸 John Bridges
Gift a digital Dorset hedgehog adoption pack this Christmas and help fund vital conservation work in communities to support hedgehogs and other precious species! 👉 bit.ly/3LQ5rlK ~ Jack
📸 John Bridges
What a beauty! 🤩🍄
The candlesnuff fungus, also known as the 'Stag's Horn', has an erect, simple or forked fruiting body with a downy stalk. It grows in groups on dead and rotting wood.
Have you seen one this autumn? 👀 ~ Jack
#FungiFriday
The candlesnuff fungus, also known as the 'Stag's Horn', has an erect, simple or forked fruiting body with a downy stalk. It grows in groups on dead and rotting wood.
Have you seen one this autumn? 👀 ~ Jack
#FungiFriday
Another magnificent example of Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), with Deadman’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) in the background. Powerstock NR, Dorset today 20/11/25 #fungi #FungiFriends @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What a beauty! 🤩🍄
The candlesnuff fungus, also known as the 'Stag's Horn', has an erect, simple or forked fruiting body with a downy stalk. It grows in groups on dead and rotting wood.
Have you seen one this autumn? 👀 ~ Jack
#FungiFriday
The candlesnuff fungus, also known as the 'Stag's Horn', has an erect, simple or forked fruiting body with a downy stalk. It grows in groups on dead and rotting wood.
Have you seen one this autumn? 👀 ~ Jack
#FungiFriday
Conservation Officer Hamish Murray captured this beautiful stonechat in the glorious morning sunshine. 📸🐦 ~ Jack
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Conservation Officer Hamish Murray captured this beautiful stonechat in the glorious morning sunshine. 📸🐦 ~ Jack
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Waiting on Poole Quay for the boat home and watching dozens of gulls heading towards the lagoon for their night time roost 🩵❄️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Waiting on Poole Quay for the boat home and watching dozens of gulls heading towards the lagoon for their night time roost 🩵❄️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Fabulous blue sky 🌞 day #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Portland Harbour quiet with 10 Red Brested Merganser & Grey Heron!
Ferrybridge @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 120 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 8 Turnstone, 3 Little Egret, an overflying Lapwing ❤️ numerous Mediterranean Gull, Mipit, Greenfinch, 5 Skylark.
Portland Harbour quiet with 10 Red Brested Merganser & Grey Heron!
Ferrybridge @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 120 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 8 Turnstone, 3 Little Egret, an overflying Lapwing ❤️ numerous Mediterranean Gull, Mipit, Greenfinch, 5 Skylark.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fabulous blue sky 🌞 day #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Portland Harbour quiet with 10 Red Brested Merganser & Grey Heron!
Ferrybridge @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 120 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 8 Turnstone, 3 Little Egret, an overflying Lapwing ❤️ numerous Mediterranean Gull, Mipit, Greenfinch, 5 Skylark.
Portland Harbour quiet with 10 Red Brested Merganser & Grey Heron!
Ferrybridge @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 120 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 8 Turnstone, 3 Little Egret, an overflying Lapwing ❤️ numerous Mediterranean Gull, Mipit, Greenfinch, 5 Skylark.
Do you want to turn your inbox wild? 👀
Subscribe to our email updates to keep up to date with all the latest nature news, wildlife events and special offers from Dorset Wildlife Trust. 👉 bit.ly/44VzHQ4 ~ Jack
📸 Isabella Vallier
Subscribe to our email updates to keep up to date with all the latest nature news, wildlife events and special offers from Dorset Wildlife Trust. 👉 bit.ly/44VzHQ4 ~ Jack
📸 Isabella Vallier
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Do you want to turn your inbox wild? 👀
Subscribe to our email updates to keep up to date with all the latest nature news, wildlife events and special offers from Dorset Wildlife Trust. 👉 bit.ly/44VzHQ4 ~ Jack
📸 Isabella Vallier
Subscribe to our email updates to keep up to date with all the latest nature news, wildlife events and special offers from Dorset Wildlife Trust. 👉 bit.ly/44VzHQ4 ~ Jack
📸 Isabella Vallier
The wonderfully named Little Piddle chalk stream at Lyscombe is being restored! 💧🙌 Once straightened for farming, it’s now being reconnected to the floodplain to boost wildlife and improve water quality. Read Lyscombe Ranger Ben’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LMeyUE ~ Jack
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The wonderfully named Little Piddle chalk stream at Lyscombe is being restored! 💧🙌 Once straightened for farming, it’s now being reconnected to the floodplain to boost wildlife and improve water quality. Read Lyscombe Ranger Ben’s blog 👉 bit.ly/3LMeyUE ~ Jack
When you send someone one of our wonderful wildlife-themed e-cards, you're supporting Dorset Wildlife Trust and protecting wildlife and wild spaces in Dorset - all in a matter of clicks! Browse our range of e-cards here 🎄👉 www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari... ~ Jack
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When you send someone one of our wonderful wildlife-themed e-cards, you're supporting Dorset Wildlife Trust and protecting wildlife and wild spaces in Dorset - all in a matter of clicks! Browse our range of e-cards here 🎄👉 www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari... ~ Jack
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and what should be done to protect it?
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The Great Big Nature Survey | The Wildlife Trusts
The Wildlife Trusts would love to hear your opinions on how nature makes you feel, and what you think we as a society should (or shouldn’t) be doing to protect it. Take the survey today!
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Please take a few moments to take part in "The Great Big Nature Survey" and share your views and let the @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social know how nature makes you feel?
and what should be done to protect it?
@dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
www.wildlifetrusts.org/great-big-na...
and what should be done to protect it?
@dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
www.wildlifetrusts.org/great-big-na...