Discovering the extra species that will benefit from the #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme after the pond restoration project, like this male palmate newt chomping on frogspawn Natural England Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

🎉 Exciting news alert! 🎉 Thanks to a partnership with Natural England, we have been able to purchase 335 hectares of farmland at Lyscombe. 🙌 Learn more about our plans for this monumental land acquisition here 👉 bit.ly/49kxzEu ~ Jack 📸 James Burland

~470,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the US. When it comes to ticks, what you don’t know CAN hurt you. Here’s 7 tips that’ll keep you safe from these tiny parasites and their diseases: [A Thread]

Are you passionate about nature and the environment? Looking for a new career in conservation? 👀 We have lots of exciting opportunities to join our friendly, dedicated team! Browse our current vacancies here 👉 bit.ly/3vuoquw ~ Jack #conservationcareers 📸 Adam Jones

REVEALED: 18 Tory MPs have written to Environment Secretary Steve Barclay urging him to gut Natural England’s powers to create nature reserves (SSSIs) This latest #AttackOnNature must not succeed (Thanks to @jgmarshallwrite for obtaining the letter) Thread 1/

i think this is so important because my life is equal after birth so it should be equal before birth. Pls repost if you agree with me #EqualityAt24 Sir Liam Fox

SWIFTS!!!! 4 over Puddletown just now 😀 Dorset Bird Club

Old Sulehay NR is one of my happy places. Scents of damp earth, Hawthorn blossom and Wild Garlic in the wood Dingy Skipper, Grizzled Skipper and Green Hairstreak #Butterflies in the quarry A spring soundtrack of Cuckoo,Nightingale, Garden and Willow Warbler The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants

We’re enabling thousands of new homes whilst recovering nature.🏡 Today, with Dorset Wildlife Trust, we've announced the land purchase of Lyscombe Farm in #Dorset through our #NutrientMitigation Scheme. Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

“We must not treat people with Down syndrome as second class citizens in their own country” Thank you Sir Liam Fox for championing people with #DownSyndrome in Parliament & challenging your colleagues to right historical wrongs. Ask your MP to vote for #NC41 bit.ly/EqualityAt24

I saw this sawfly yesterday, in a Dorset woodland. It looked like it was egg laying on bracken. Am I right in thinking it's Strongylogaster multifasciata? Andrew Green BWARS

A Bird's nest orchid at Bracketts Coppice yesterday 😀 Dorset Wildlife Trust Wild Orchids UK & Ireland BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Plantlife

100 years ago, the BBC broadcast a live duet between the cellist Beatrice Harrison and a nightingale. I made this animation that captures that moment. Narrated by Samuel West 💙💛 and sound from Fonic PostProduction Watch here vimeo.com/535324347 BBC Radio 3 #thecelloandthenightingale

Some of the days highlights from Fontmell Down. Sleepy dormice (handled under license), early gentians, greater butterfly orchids and fragrant orchids. Dorset Wildlife Trust People's Trust for Endangered Species BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Wild Orchids UK & Ireland

A great start to #30DaysWild with a visit to Ham Wall yesterday hearing booming bitterns and a lovely walk today with Dorset Wildlife Trust learning all about the enchanting early gentian. Hard to spot, but worth it once you get your eye in! 👀 #wildflowers 💕

Marsh fritillaries at Bracketts Coppice today 😀 Plus a first for me, a narrow-bordered bee-hawkmoth!! Sadly, it was too quick to photograph. Dorset Wildlife Trust BC Dorset 🦋 Dorset Moths @ukbutterflies Robin George

A good find yesterday at Dorset Wildlife Trust Lyscombe nature reserve. Almost certain this is the Nationally rare downland bee-fly, Villa cingulata. Can anyone can confirm from this picture please? Dipterists Forum Steven Falk

92 of 24 spp. in my heathland moth trap on Tuesday morning. Great to see so many beautiful yellow underwings with a couple of drinkers. Please can I check this dotted border wave UK Moth Identification? Got to love an elephant hawker too Dorset Wildlife Trust BC Dorset 🦋 Dorset Moths British Moths

Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) photographed today on the steep slopes of Fontmell Down in Dorset. Dorset Wildlife Trust Team4Nature

Surveying for marsh fritillary larval webs today at Bracketts Coppice. 27 webs found across two fields. Caterpillars are still only small, probably 2nd instar? BC Dorset 🦋 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust