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2 years of K9 heathland heroes
Not all heroes wear capes, some of them wear K9 Firewise Patrol bandanas! Dorset Dogs are coming up to celebrating two years of their fantastic K9 Firewise Patrol and we want to say a big thank you to all the K9 Firewise Patrol dogs, along with their owners of...
Dorset on Amber wildfire alert
The Natural Hazards Partnership (NHP) issued an Amber alert for the risk of wildfires over the weekend. This means that the weather and ground conditions give a higher likelihood of wildfire, and that any fire that broke out would potentially be difficult to...
Team visit to rewilding site
Along with Dorset Council's wider environment team, we were treated to a visit and guided walk around Dorset Wildlife Trust's Wild Woodbury site, Bere Regis, on 26 April. Wilder Dorset project manager, Rob Farrington, explained all about the rewilding project and...
UHP lend a hand at BBQ dismantle day
Team members from UHP, including from Dorset Dogs, BARI and Firewise UK, got involved and volunteered at W&S Recycling, Poole to help dismantle 8000 disposable BBQs. The event was organised by our colleagues at Litter Free Dorset and came about as Southern...
Public encouraged to report wildlife sightings
The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust is asking the general public to add their own sightings of amphibians and reptiles into their national database. The trust has developed the Record Pool, a collaborative project between ARC and ARG UK, collecting records...
Reptile survey training with @ARC
Our project support officer joined partners on Friday 17 March for reptile survey training, part of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation's Snakes in the heather project. A really interesting day with so much learnt on reptile identification and surveying. This...
