Wildlife Trust DORSET WILDLIFE Highlights TRUST 2018/19

THANK YOU. Thanks for your support, through Across the county we work to minimise the impact your subscription as a member, your work as a of development on nature, advise farmers on nature- volunteer, your company supporting our work, your friendly farming, support sustainable fishing and marine relative’s legacy, letters you have written to decision- protected areas, and work with businesses to ensure makers, the information you give us about changes in the they support the environment from which they profit. county, your pictures and tweets about nature, your gifts to fund our work, or just supporting wildlife and our Read on to get a picture of just a few things we have fabulous environment in Dorset. achieved with your support.

Thanks to you, Dorset Wildlife Trust and our many Simon Cripps partners across the county have achieved so much. Chief Executive Look on the map in the following pages to get a taste of what you have helped us to achieve. A real success Full annual report and accounts can be found at: story. Take pride in the fact that you helped us achieve www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/about- these wonderful things and make Dorset a place that is us/how-we-are-run thriving for wildlife, despite all the threats and challenges there are at the moment.

We have created beautiful wildflower rich meadows in the west, restored and protected internationally threatened heathland in the east, rewilded rivers and ponds in the south, started recreating historic woodland in the north and helped gain protection for large parts of our seas.

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Photo © Cat Bolado of Wildlife Trusts Protecting Wildlife for the Future 1. Grazing for conservation Just a few examples of Dorset Wildlife Trust 11. Barn owls 10. Dorset’s wild rivers the work we do around Centre GILLINGHAM Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset, thanks to you, Nature Reserve our members 11 & supporters 10 STURMINSTER 1 Most of our 40+ fabulous nature reserves NEWTON Thanks to the support On many of Dorset’s rivers such as the need our 4 legged managers. At Kingcombe you gave to our barn owl Stour, Frome, Piddle and Allen we have in West Dorset we own and run a farm with appeal we have been able been busy rewilding by putting bends about 140 cattle and 20 sheep. In other areas BLANDFORD 10 to offer landowners barn back in, improving bankside vegetation such as our heathlands and at , 5 owl boxes and advice on and providing a range of habitats. This has ponies help us keep the habitat open habitat that will better been great for fish, crayfish and insects, and prevent scrub invading. Where 4 11 support this iconic as well as making them more beautiful possible we work with native breeds 4 11 species of Dorset. and reducing the risks of serious flooding. and support local graziers. WIMBORNE 11 9. Sustainable fisheries 2. Plastics 1 1 5 10 CHRISTCHURCH 10 DORCHESTER 7 9 1 6 8 WAREHAM

Photos: Photos: 1. Pony grazing © Tony Harris, 5 6 6. Spiny seahorse © Julie Hatcher, 2. Plastics on beach © Julie Hatcher, 7. Sandwich tern & chick © Hugh Clark, 3. Schools group © Barbara Thomas, WEYMOUTH 8. Poole Bay oil rig © Simon Cripps, 4. The Kingcombe centre © James Burland, 9. Emma Rance with Tommy Russell Chairman of Poole 5. Daubenton’s bat © Nick Tomlinson. and District Fisherman’s Association © Steve Simons, 1 3 11 10. © Sarah Williams, 11. Barn owl chicks at Lorton © Paul Williams. In some ground-breaking work with the fisheries Plastic - the scourge of wildlife, especially at sea. 4. Climate change authority (the SIFCA) we have been working We have been working to get Dorset to reduce 2 3 6 7. Brownsea birds with fishermen to help them to sign up to the its single use plastic usage. Come and join one recent environmental certification by the Marine of our many beach cleans that are so successful 2 3 6. Marine protection Stewardship Council of the clam in removing hazardous plastics and rubbish. and cockle fishery. We want those that protect 4 the environment to benefit from it.

3. Engaging children 5. Bats 8. Planning for wildlife

There is a growing understanding that climate Brownsea is one of the jewels change will have severe in our crown where we impacts for humans and DWT has been the main manage half the island including wildlife alike. We are seeing organisation in Dorset lobbying the internationally important those changes in our seasons for protection for marine lagoon. 150 sandwich tern and wildlife already. DWT wildlife through creation of and 115 common tern chicks Young people are our future and the hope for is leading from the front by the government’s new Marine fledged last year along with wildlife. It’s important to start young and continue installing renewable heating We manage many reserves to Conservation Zone network. We many other birds. It is known This may not be our highest profile work but it’s to engage them at all ages. We have schools systems at all our main centres, protect bats, many species of which provided evidence and lobbied for its avocets and godwits one our members tell us is of highest importance. programmes across the county including at the greatly reducing our carbon are threatened. At DWT’s Kilwood locally and nationally to ensure in winter. We work hard to We monitor planning applications in the county and Fine Foundation Wild Seas Centre at footprint. Our establishment Coppice nature reserve alone on they were designated and are keep conditions just right for comment on, or object to, the few which threaten and at the Fine Foundation Centre and sponsorship of the Dorset Purbeck seven species of bats were now working with authorities the birds throughout the year, wildlife. We also work closely with businesses, on Portland. They do everything from rock- Environmental Business Award found in one night. At Powerstock and partners to make sure they including maintaining water councils and development agencies as the voice of pooling and pond dipping to science projects to helps to encourage businesses we rebuilt a roost that was burnt are managed well, such as for levels and protecting them wildlife. The oil rig in Poole Bay was a high profile bring their respect for, and love of, wildlife alive. to be more sustainable. down and destroyed by vandals. seahorses at Studland Bay. from predators: a 24/7 job. case we’ve worked on to protect nature. species of bat o ht sandich terns at Kilood ad common o tern h ldd o butterflies at o Boa laoo o o cattle ad allt sheep at o to a o oato landoners ad humpback SNC o hale ah d nature o Chl Bah conservation reserves advice ao ot red planning suirrels o applications Boa odd to to ldl at daad ishermen hld h th to a C volunteer das d hld otal od o a t o adtato o orton eados ildlife rich alo management ormice od o ad Both o o th seahorse first time d m o habitat earl gentians o Studland a improvements o otll o ad otto th Co green inged orchids at Co ll ado

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