Before the Forster's Tern, I spent a fabulous 3 hours on a Birds of Poole Harbour Spring Safari boat trip around Poole Harbour. Thoroughly recommend it. 2 White-tailed Eagle and over 40 species of bird in total. Loved it. #UKBirding #Birds #Dorset #Poole #nature #wildlife

📷 Avocet & Spoonbill
📷 Bar-tailed Godwit
📷 Common and Sandwich Tern
📷 Sika

Forster's Tern Holes Bay, Poole #Dorset (see last post for video) earlier today.

#UKbirding #birds #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon

Thanks to some great detective work by mate Dave B (asking a local where we could view a distant flock of Tern), we ended up not 60 feet away from the fabulous Forster's Tern in Holes Bay, Poole, #Dorset. Even I could not mess the video up!!!

#UKBirding #Birds #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon #american

https://youtu.be/Smrw-M1FuxA

Calling all fans of #BigBigTrain and #Dorset heaths:

“Upton Heath” is not only a wonderful song, it's also a very special wild place. Rich in #wildflowers #moss #lichen #fungi #reptiles and #birds . But now an area of land at its centre is on sale for mineral extraction. Please consider helping Dorset Wildlife Trust raise funds to buy it this month (not much time!)

For details of how to donate, go to
https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/save-upton-heath

#wildflowers #Mosstodon #lichenSubscribe #fungi #birds #reptiles

Drunk women who left ‘trail of destruction’ at hotel banned from every UK pub

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/04/01/drunk-women-left-trail-destruction-hotel-banned-every-uk-pub-27807568/

March Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -

• Another month warmer than the 1981-2010 average
• Only 0.24°C warmer than February which was exceptionally mild
• A very cold night on the 22nd, the coldest since 11th January
1/2

#Beavers breathe new life into Dorset as dams built, #biodiversity returns

Providing end-of-year report, the #NationalTrust project, said it's thrilled beavers were reshaping their home in #Dorset; they felled #trees to construct a 35m #dam, slowing flow of a stream & creating a deep, #wildlife-rich pool

#Coppicing trees allowed more light in & improved #habitats for #plants, #insects, #amphibians, #birds, #bats; may stop flooding on nearby road

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/27/beavers-dorset-dams-biodiversity-national-trust

#nature #wildlife

🏛️🧬 Researchers found that the Durotriges tribe of ancient #Dorset practiced a social system called matrilocality.

Their analysis of 50 ancient genomes shows that women stayed within their home communities while men moved to join their wives' families. The discovery supports historical accounts of powerful British queens and implies that land and status were inherited through maternal lines.

👉 https://www.historyhit.com/were-iron-age-women-the-true-rulers-of-britain/

💁🏻‍♀️✨ BBC Knowledge Explainer: DNA https://seethis.tv/post/bbc-knowledge-explainer-dna

#history #archaeology #genetics #science #ironage #britain #education #dna #research #sociology

Royal Arcade Weymouth

“Royal Arcade” Weymouth Oil on canvas 48″ x 36″ A very large oil painting on canvas of an amusement arcade in Weymouth, Dorset. Painted in 2022 #oilpainting #weymouth #dorset #rossisices #royalarcade

https://mikeprocter.art/royal-arcade-weymouth-2/