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Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at woodland pool © Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at woodland pool © Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Join for Half Price

Your membership will help look after Dorset's wildlife and wild places. You'll receive a membership magazine three times a year, plus a guide to all 40 of our nature reserves. Families also receive our Wildlife Watch magazine for children four times a year.

Join more than 27,000 like-minded members fighting for Dorset's wildlife

Choose your membership below...

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Individual

Membership for you. From £2 a month (reduced from £4).
Little Terns at Ferrbybridge © Angela Thomas

Joint

Membership for two adults living at the same address. From £2.25 a month (reduced from £4.50).
Spoonbills on Brownsea lagoon

Family

Membership for up to two adults and four children at the same address. From £2.50 a month (reduced from £5).

Terms and Conditions

We can't wait to welcome you to our wildlife community and send you your membership pack.

The benefits of membership - to you, and to wildlife

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Half Price Individual and Joint membership

You will receive:

- Your exclusive membership magazine, Dorset Wildlife, three times a year by post or online, which includes information about events, including guided walks, talks and much more.

- A comprehensive guide to all 40 Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserves – safe havens for local wildlife free for you to visit all year round.

Join from £2 per month

Children pond dipping at Lorton Meadows by Katharine Davies

Children pond dipping at Lorton Meadows by Katharine Davies 

Half Price Family membership

As well as all the membership benefits listed above, you will receive:

- Four issues a year of our exciting Wildlife Watch magazine for children

- Wildlife Watcher’s Handbook – a 60 page pocket-sized guide to being a ‘Wildlife Watcher’

- A membership card, badge, poster and stickers

- Access to fun family events, from arts and crafts to pond dipping, that feature in the diary of events that all members receive

Join from £2.50 per month

How your membership helps Dorset's wildlife

We will use your support where it’s needed most, whether that’s coppicing woodland so dormice and other species can thrive, installing nest boxes for threatened birds and mammals, or monitoring water voles so we can understand the best way to help them recover.

Join us today 

You can also purchase full price memberships as gifts in our online shop. 

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Fundraising Regulator

We promise to spend your membership wisely

75p of every £1 goes towards our work to save local wildlife

How we use donations

Become a member and support Dorset's wildlife

The vital work we do for wildlife depends on the support of people like you, who care about the future of local wildlife and wild places. Thank you!

Minimum rates apply during this Half Price Offer: Individual membership (1 person) is from £2 per month - usually £4 per month (or from £24 per annum - usually £48 per annum); Joint membership (2 people) is from £2 per month - usually £4 per month (or from £27 per annum - usually £54 per month) and Family membership (2 people plus) is from £2.50 per month - usually £5 per month (or from £30 per annum - usually £60 per annum). 

Need Help? Have any questions?

Don't hesitate to contact our Supporter Care Team on 01305 217965 Monday-Friday, 9-5pm, or email membership@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk