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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...
UHP at the Family Science Day
Lisa and Amy from our education team had a brilliant and very busy day on Sunday 12 March at the Family Science Day, part of the Dorchester Science Festival. They explained all about our heathlands, this unique habitat and all the wonderful wildlife that calls it...
Partners come together for Dorset Dogs seminar
Colleagues from across The Partnership got together last week at Upton Country Park for the Dorset Dogs seminar. With inspiring talks from Dorset Dogs, Footprint Ecology and Stephen Jenkinson - access and countryside advisor to the Kennel Club, it was a thought...
Team spirit
The team were invited to the BCP Countryside Team Christmas get together yesterday. It was great to meet up with more of our colleagues across the BCP area, to catch up with friends and meet new ones. It was a chilly damp day, but we were welcomed with a bonfire, a...
Dorset Dogs welcomes new project officer
Dorset Dogs has a new member of the team, Caitlin Tweedle. Caitlin has a BSc (Hons) in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, graduating in 2019 with an interest in dog behaviour and learning theory. She loves to be outside, come rain or shine and when she’s not partaking...
