Category: Dorset Wildlife & Animals

What’s happening in the bluetit nestbox?

Blue tits are on a surprisingly precarious tightrope each spring. Nature writer Jane Adams shares the task ahead of ‘her’ Bonnie and Clyde. In March,...

The Easter bunny and the chocolate egg

As we approach the Easter holidays, the Damory small animals team provide a seasonal reminder about choosing rabbits for pets, and on chocolate for...

Spring – the most dangerous time of year for emerging hedgehogs?

“It’s the time of year I hate most” - Jeanette Hampstead of the Hedgehog Rescue shares why so many hedgehogs are seriously hurt in...

The hairy footed flower bee

They may sound like a character from a Brambly Hedge book, but Mr & Mrs hairy foot are a quintessential 20’s couple, says Jane...

It’s time to find the first mushrooms and your crop of hairy bittercress

April sees the start of mushroom season, and expert forager Carl Mintern says you definitely have hairy bittercress in your garden right now. As we...

Spring means it’s all systems go for the farm vets

As the weather warms, lambing and calving begin, heralding the busiest time of year for farm vets, says Damory’s Laura Sage BVSc (Dist) MRCVS. Spring...

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Woman on fire

Just don’t call her a female farrier – Abby Bunyard never set out to break barriers, she just forged her own path by refusing...