We have recently increased our manpower commitment to the Portland Living Landscapes Project, managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust. As the project nears completion at the end of 2014, our team are removing [...]

Spent an enjoyable morning with some pals from Dorset Bat Group in some woodland near Corfe Castle. We found 17 bats (common and soprano pipistrelles) in total, from just 16 artificial bat boxes, [...]

I spent a wet but fascinating day with a group of tree lovers from the Ancient Tree Forum at Newnham Park in Devon, yesterday. Despite the miserable weather, it was a privilege to be [...]

We don't just manage invasive species on Portland; here's the team litter picking at Kingbarrow.  The entrance is opposite the site for the weekly market on Portland - perhaps this is the source [...]

The team have just started to focus their cotoneaster removal efforts at the Verne Local Nature Reserve, overlooking Chesil Cove. There is very little space at the top of the slope, so we [...]

... now you don't! This is a good little example of the difference our team is making to the reclamation of available habitat for limestone grassland species on Portland. This patch of dead Cotoneaster [...]

One of the benefits of working outdoors is the huge variety of species you encounter. This is the 5th instar stage of Lasiocampa quercus, the Oak Eggar Moth. There wasn't an oak tree in sight [...]

The sun is shining at Tout Quarry Sculpture Park today, so it's a nice day for cotoneaster management. We have been trying out Shane's high tech quad copter to capture some video and [...]

After a wet start to the day, the sun is finally breaking through to lift our spirits. This is Paul removing cotoneaster (extreme weeding!) from above the coast path at Tout Quarry Sculpture [...]