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Bluebells at Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve

Tony Bates / Bluebells at Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve

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We protect Dorset's wildlife and wild places

Together with our 27,000 members, our volunteers and supporters, we are Dorset's largest nature conservation charity. We work to champion wildlife and natural places on our 40 nature reserves and through our work with others.

Bluebell carpet in an ancient woodland

Luke Massey/2020VISION

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Choose from a leaf or bird on our beautiful Memory Tree on Brownsea Island, or a plaque on our stunning boardwalk at the Fine Foundation Wild Chesil Centre.

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Our strategy for a Wilder Dorset

Dorset Wildlife Trust's strategy, ‘A Wilder Dorset by 2030’, explores the challenges facing Dorset’s wildlife and ecology and sets out what it aims to do to make more space for wildlife to adapt and recover and to enable all people in Dorset to find space and time for nature in their lives.

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Robin

James Hand, Dorset Wildlife Trust 2023 photography competition / Robin

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Black tailed godwit on Brownsea Island Lagoon by Nicki Tutton

A Wilder Dorset by 2030

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Rob Jordan/2020VISION

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Male roe deer

Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography / Roe deer

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Woodland (veteran trees) in Dorset © Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION

Woodland (veteran trees) in Dorset © Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION

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