Find out how we are working with other local landowners in the county to restore precious #Peatlands in #DorsetForests 📹
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#DorsetPeatPartnership

#DorsetForests are full of bird song and activity 🐦🎶🐣

#GroundNestingBirds are busy breeding on open heathland & woodland edges. Listen carefully and you might spot the melodious call of the male Woodlark & see them hanging high in the sky.

#StayOnTheTracks
📷 Ben Williams

There are signs of spring starting to pop up right across #DorsetForests 🌱🍀
Here are a few green shoots spotted by our rangers on their recent patrols 💚

Easter is a special time for many species including #GroundNestingBirds .
From now until late summer will be busy building nests & raising chicks on the #heathlands of #DorsetForests
You can help by staying on the main gravel tracks & keeping dogs with you here.
#StayOnTheTracks

Restoring Dorset’s #Peatlands will protect the nature living here, help the landscape cope with flooding, droughts & wildfires, & play an important role in combating the impact of climate change.💚

Find out more about the work 👇
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#DorsetPeatPartnership

A Forest moment 💚🌳

📷 Kerrie Ward, Wareham Forest

#MindfulMonday #ForestMoment #Mindfulness #DorsetForests

Happy International Women’s Day ♀️💜

Today, and every day, we are proud to stand with and support women to feel safe and included in the nation's forests 🌲

#WeAreForWomen #InspireInclusion #IWD2024

New video alert! 🎥🦅
Find out more about the return of #WhiteTailedEagles to England - including those often seen around #DorsetForests and coastline - in this latest video from the project team.
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#WildlifeWednesday

March 1st is the official start of #GroundNestingBird season 🐦🐣

These rare birds nest & look after young on the ground in #DorsetForests heaths & woodland edges.

You can help them by sticking to the main forest gravel tracks & keeping dogs with you here.

#StayOnTrack 🙏

This is what commitment to nature looks like! 💚 Thank you to the amazing volunteers from The Friends of Udden & Cannon Hill Woodlands who braved the rain to carry out peat restoration as part of the #DorsetPeatPartnership

#LeapInToNature
#NatureRecoveryDorset
Dorset Wildlife Trust

Did you know that #Peatlands can capture 3 x more carbon then woodlands, & mosses growing here can store 50 x their own weight in water preventing flooding & drought?
Working with #DorsetPeat Partnership we are restoring these areas across Dorset
#WorldWetlandsDay
#DorsetPeat

It's been a busy year in #DorsetForests
Thank you to all of our staff, partners and volunteers who work all year round to help look after this special place 💚

It's been a busy year in #DorsetForests with a wide range of conservation & wildlife projects, forestry works, community events, and educational campaigns carried out.
Thank you to all of our staff, partners and volunteers for helping to care for this very special place 💚

Season's Greetings to all of our followers from the #DorsetForests team! 🌳🎄

📷 Mark Warn

Prior to our Volunteer Wood Wardens enjoying their Christmas Lunch, Landscape Recovery Manager Mark gave an on-site presentation of all the valuable habitat enhancements carried out in #MoretonForest this year under Countryside Stewardship Forestry England Natural England

Our shadow #volunteer program is recruiting for March 2024. The scheme enables individuals to gain experience of managing recreation and forestry. Applications close on 7 January 2024. 🌳🌲

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#DorsetForests #volunteer ing

Today Bournemouth Uni media students interviewed our very own Wareham Beat Wildlife Ranger Mark 🎥
It's always a pleasure to support student projects and offering learning opportunities is a key element of Forestry England activities 🎓
📸 Sonny Crosby

Coppicing – a traditional form of woodland management – plays a key role in providing habitats for wildlife & creating a sustainable source of wood. 💚
Working with #DorsetCoppiceGroup this work is essential in helping us maintain a healthy and thriving forest.

We were recently joined by students from Kingston Maurward College taking part in a new scheme with our Forest Craftspeople - learning new skills & finding out about the local landscape. They worked together to replace fencing around a geologically important site Kingston Maurward

The team reintroducing white-tailed eagles to England - including a pair settled in Poole Harbour - have published their new blog.
Take a look to find out about some of this year's key moments & how they are studying the birds.
#WildlifeWednesday

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