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We're celebrating #NationalInsectWeek by sharing some of our favourite insect photos from our previous Photography Competitions! 📸 🦋🐞 The 2025 Photography Competition is still open! 🙌 Enter your most dazzling insect photos here 👉 bit.ly/431Ie4R ~ Jack

A stunning selection of wildflowers! Thanks for sharing Clive. 😍🌷🌼 Learn more about the different wildflowers you can spot around Dorset here 👉 bit.ly/3FzymHv ~ Jack

Great spot, Kerrie! 🐦 Despite their aerial activities, skylarks nest on the ground, laying three to four eggs. This is why we ask you to keep your dogs on a short lead, and stick to foot paths across our nature reserves. 💚 ~ Jack

Summer is a fantastic time for wildlife watching! 🌞🙌 Have you spotted any of these species yet this summer? 👀 ~ Jack

Would you like to learn how to scythe? 🌾 Or how to identify different butterfly species? 🦋 Or how to carve your own spoon? 🥄 Take your pick from our fantastic range of courses and workshops for adults with knowledgeable tutors and guides 👉 bit.ly/4657A4Z ~ Jack

Why join Dorset Wildlife Trust? 🦋 ✅ Welcome pack with goodies 🎁 ✅ Regular membership magazines 📰 ✅ Access to nature reserves 🌳 ✅ Exclusive talks, walks & events 👨‍👩‍👦 ✅ Campaign for wildlife 🐝 Join today! 💚 bit.ly/4kMgOYU ~ Jack 📸 Bob Coyle

We’re teaming up with @dorsetwildlife and the Dorset Local Nature Partnership to launch an exciting new opportunity for anyone in Dorset aged 14-19. Want to become a Young Content Creator? Applications are now open 👇 bit.ly/dwt-young-crea…

There’s been plenty of exciting activity on the nature reserves supported by the Species Survival Fund (SSF) this spring. 💪🌱 Project Assistant Lydia Gill shares the latest news in her blog 👉 bit.ly/3ZNoUHY ~ Jack 📸 Lydia Gill

Thanks for sharing these beautiful and varied grasses, Steve! Taking a closer look at flora like this is always so rewarding. ~ Alex

Our Species of the Month for July is the zebra jumping spider. 🕷 This fascinating little spider is a daytime hunter, capable of jumping over ten times its own body length! Learn how to identify it and report your sightings here 👉 bit.ly/3cHL9FB ~ Jack

A pair of small blues seen mating the other day at Lyscombe. A potential second brood in a few weeks time? Exciting to find this species already doing well on the nature reserve, and suitable habitat will increase significantly over the coming years! 🦋😀 ~ Ben

People and organisations across Dorset have been working on a plan to restore and protect nature in our county. Learn about the plans to make more space for nature in Dorset, and have your say on Dorset’s local nature recovery strategy. 👉 bit.ly/4kV8fu2 ~ Jack

Good news for wildlife photography enthusiasts! 🗣️ We are extending the closing date of the 2025 photography competition until midnight on Monday 7 July. 🙌 For full competition details and to enter, follow the link 👉 bit.ly/3GqsxNq ~ Jack

Met this fancy little character today. 🐛😍 Meet the puss moth caterpillar. Check out those fake eyes - very cool! 👀 Have you seen one before? ~ Nicki Tutton

Join botanist and Dorset Wildlife Trustee, Jim White, this Sunday for a walk through the beautiful wildflower meadows of Kingcombe National Nature Reserve to celebrate National Meadows Day! 🌾 🌼🌷 Book your place now 👉 bit.ly/44x7X5U ~ Jack 📸 Dani Wilson

Some nice sightings at Higher Hyde Heath nature reserve. Thanks for sharing, Clive. 📸 Plan your trip to this internationally important area of dry and wet lowland heathland and woodland 👉 bit.ly/3Ixw1up ~ Jack

A few tiny treats spotted around Brownsea this week! 👀 ❤ Small red damsels mating 🐛 Cinnabar caterpillars 🌻 Creeping St John's Wort 🌸 Common centaury Plan your trip to Brownsea Island and see what you can spot 👉 bit.ly/3euLICY ~ Jack 📸 Nicki Tutton

Beautiful butterflies! 😍 What butterflies have you spotted over the weekend? Share your photos with us in the replies. 🦋 ~ Jack

Some marvellous moths spotted in Brian's moth trap! 🦋 If you'd like to learn more about moths in Dorset, join us for one of our monthly moth trap events at Beacon Hill (Upton Heath). Find out more here 👉 dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events ~ Jack

ut of all the wildflowers, it’s orchids that seem to spark the most excitement. 🌷 Read Lyscombe Ranger Ben Atkinson’s blog to discover some of the orchid species he’s spotted so far at Lyscombe nature reserve. 👉 bit.ly/46xLJmW ~ Jack 📸 Ben Atkinson