Amazing night of fieldwork last night, with 3 more ♂️ Nightjars tagged & the capture of a rare Greater Horseshoe Bat & literally 100's upon 100's of Silver-studded Blues roosting on the tops of the heather. Quite a memorable solstice. BTO Bat Conservation Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Heaths Partnership

New #nightjar track with full year #migration data. Safe autumn crossing via SE-spain and #Gibraltar in spring! Important #stopovers in N-Africa. Rock-hopping in the #Sahara. Wintering only 100km from father-in-law's birth place (Kamina)! Natuur en Bos FWO #biologging

Heath Week starts tomorrow, so quick, get booking for a whole range of events including your chance to see incredible nightjars! Most events are entirely free and a great way to get the kids involved. 👀👉 bit.ly/HeathWeekEvents 👈to see all the events across Dorset.

Wow! My first scientific paper just published at Scientific Reports ! A telemetry study shows that an endangered nocturnal avian species roosts in extremely dry habitats to avoid predation nature.com/articles/s4159… #Nightjars #ornithology #conservation >>

Could you be our next Project Support Officer? Do you have what it takes to support our busy team? There's just a few days left to get your applications in. Click the link to learn more and to apply. Applications close on 30 July. 👉 bit.ly/UHPProjectSupp… 👈

Back in June we posted about a ringed Natterer's Bat that we caught whilst undertaking our Nightjar study, which proved to be of great excitement within the Dorset Bat group too. Lovely to see a small piece about this individual in the Dec edition of British Wildlife. Bat Conservation Trust

Yep….it’s 022. Welcome back matey 👍 Dorset Bird Club Tim Mackrill Careys Secret Garden Roy Dennis Foundation Megan McCubbin Chris Packham

022 is back! Our male Osprey of the first nesting pair on the south coast of England in 180 years has returned to Careys Secret Garden. Watch LIVE: birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey/osprey-… CJ7 is due back on 31st March! Dorset Bird Club Tim Mackrill Roy Dennis Foundation Megan McCubbin Chris Packham

We kicked off #nightjar season 16. Cold and rainy, but we observed a first roosting male. So proud of this team that will focus on #skyglow #lightpollution, communication, #migration and juvenile dispersal. #heathlandboysforlife. FWO UAntwerpen CMK UHasselt

Not long before Dorset fieldwork kicks off too, great to see thier return once more, who doesn't love a Nightjar❤️ Dorset Heaths Partnership Dorset Wildlife Trust DorsetWildlife Trust Dorset Bird Club

HEATH AND HARBOUR HULLABALOO☀️at Poole Park! Sunday 12th May from 11am, FREE entry 🎶Stands, stalls, live music 🟢 Fun family games 🟣 Demonstrations and have-a-go 🛶 Watersports tasters 🎨 Art trail and competition ☕️ Refreshments 🐶 Fun Dog Show Visit Dorset Heaths Partnership website😄

ARC will be attending the Heath and Harbour Hullabaloo on May 12th 2024🪻🦎 Find out more here👉 dorsetheaths.org.uk/heath-harbour-… Dorset Heaths Partnership dorsetheaths.org.uk/heath-harbour-…

Come along to the Heath and Harbour Hullabaloo this Sunday and say hi to the Forestry England team who care for #DorsetForests 🌳🌲👋 The fun starts at 11am at Poole Harbour Park. Activities on offer include a dog show, family games, demonstrations and much more. Dorset Heaths Partnership

Look at these cute new activity packs!😄 We'll be handing these out at the HEATH AND HARBOUR HULLABALOO ☀️ at Poole Park this Sunday 12th May! Join us from 11am, FREE entry... Visit the Dorset Heaths Partnership website for more info 😄

Great to see BBC Springwatch back, tonight's show featuring some of our research into the Urban Nightjar. Dorset Bird Club Dorset Heaths Partnership BCP Council Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Council UK Natural England BTO Birds of Poole Harbour National Trust Forestry England Amphibian and Reptile Conservation RSPB

Gotta think the UK Nightjars are similarly having a hard time of it, to early to tell, yet to be monitoring any nests but here's hoping things improve very soon!! Dorset Bird Club Dorset Heaths Partnership Dorset Wildlife Trust BTO

Was great to get out to one of the local heathlands to monitor some of our Nightjar nests this afternoon. Two chicks found from the 12 scrapes visited. Aren’t they adorable? 🥰 (Monitored under the BTO nest record scheme and for Dorset Nightjars)

Our AGM will be at 7.00 on Thurs 25 July at the Allendale Centre, Wimborne. There will be a presentation on the Club's strategy 'Shaping the Future' and at 8.00 a talk by Edward Mayer of Swift Conservation swift-conservation.org Non-members welcome to the Swift talk.

Nice to have Mya Bambrick back working with the team this year, looking at Nightjar chicks and eggs for her dissertation BTO BBC Springwatch Dorset Bird Club Dorset Heaths Partnership

I'm told this may be the 1st female Scarlet Darter seen (and seen mating) in the UK - there will be better photos but hopefully these are enough to clinch it - pale stripe between the wing bases and orange patch at base of hindwings both visible British Dragonfly Society Adrian Parr