Jan 17, 2023
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...
Dec 2, 2022
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...
Nov 24, 2022
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 in...
Nov 24, 2022
The team had a great evening at the Corfe Hills Careers Convention yesterday, with representatives from our education team, the wardens, Firewise UK, Dorset Dogs and the Bird and Recreation Initiative (BARI) giving out information. They enjoyed chatting to students...
Nov 14, 2022
Most of the team were able to attend the 2022 mitigation meet-up, hosted by Bird Wise, Kent. This yearly conference took place in the illustrious surroundings of Canterbury Cathedral and was focused on engaging the community in nature conservation. Amongst the...
Sep 27, 2022
Sarah, our education officer, was invited to speak at a ‘Planet Purbeck‘ event at Godlingston Heath, all about the ‘Peaty Pockets of Purbeck’. She joined the Dorset Peat Partnership project and researchers from Bournemouth University, who demonstrated how to remove...
Sep 23, 2022
We’re delighted to welcome Lisa Clayton, our new education officer, to the team. After graduating with BSc (Hons) in Ecology, Lisa fell in love with environmental education whilst working as a seasonal warden. She went on to complete her teaching qualification...
Sep 23, 2022
Some of the team were invited to attend the Dorset Coast Forum conference at Kingston Maurward College on Tuesday, for what was a really engaging and interesting day. Lots of great speakers, from our very own Ria from BARI, to councillors, innovative businesses,...
Sep 1, 2022
Along with our partners in the fire service, Urban Heaths Partnership wardens responded to a fire at Winfrith Heath on Monday afternoon. It is thought the fire was deliberately set. Sadly, 0.23 hectares of heathland was lost. A reptile rescue was carried out Monday...
Aug 25, 2022
Wardens Amy and Sally spent a morning over the border in Hampshire recently to learn all about marsh clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata) and field gentian (Gentianella campestris). Dom and Fran from The Species Recovery Trust showed them around a site in the New Forest...
Aug 24, 2022
We’ve welcomed Emily, the new coastal engagement warden for Poole Harbour’s Bird and Recreation Initiative (BARI), to the team. Emily moved to Dorset to study for a BSc in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation then decided to permanently relocate after falling...
Aug 19, 2022
We had a site visit from colleagues in County Hall and our chief executive, Matt Prosser, on Wednesday 17 Aug. Some of the team were able to meet him and talk about the monitoring and wardening work we do, plus our #OperationHeathland campaign and Dorset Dogs...
