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World Rewilding Day: Hope into action

Today is World Rewilding Day, a day to celebrate rewilding successes around the world! The theme this year is 'hope into action' and in this blog, Wild Woodbury Engagement Officer, Daisy…

Beaver swimming with its head just above the water

A Wild Year in Dorset

It's been a wild year for Dorset Wildlife Trust! As we approach 2023, we look back at some of our highlights from 2022 - the secrets of our community rewilding project at Wild Woodbury have…

Bere Regis Primary School student with acorns from Wild Woodbury

Acorn collecting with Bere Regis Primary School

Wild Woodbury was a hive of activity recently as pupils from Bere Regis Primary School came to visit. Their mission was to collect acorns to be planted on site at a later date, marking the…

Ariel view of Wild Woodbury

The Wild Woodbury Vlog

Now that the groundwork has been completed, Rob Farrington heads down to Wild Woodbury after a weekend of heavy rainfall to provide an update on the restoration of the River Sherford.

Ariel view of Wild Woodbury

The Wild Woodbury Vlog

After a year of close monitoring and data collection, groundwork has begun to renaturalise the headwaters of the River Sherford by filling in the drainage ditches on the land at Wild Woodbury. In…

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Wild Woodbury: One year on

We find out just how much difference a year makes as we take a look at Wild Woodbury one year on.

Aerial photo showing Wild Woodbury

The Wild Woodbury Vlog

We're planning to renaturalise the River Sherford which currently exists as a network of ditches at Wild Woodbury. To monitor the water flow, we've installed six V notch weirs - in this…

Aerial photo showing Wild Woodbury

Wild Woodbury Rewilding Project

Here's the first of a series of vlogs by Rob Farrington, Wilder Dorset Project Manager at Dorset Wildlife Trust in which he talks about the work being undertaken at Wild Woodbury, our…