Environment

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Blandford kingfishers put on a show for local photographer Nick Dibben

Kingfishers at Stour Meadow, Blandford These beautiful kingfishers were captured on film by NBVM reader Nick Dibben: “Stour Meadow behind…

Welcoming home some old faces and planning for the arrival of new ones

The girls are home. At long last the field was dry enough to take the pregnant Zwartbles ewes back…

Hedgehogs in need of your help

A local hedgehog welfare group is appealing for kind-hearted animal lovers to set up new hedgehog rescue centres. Blandford Hedgehog…

Storm Eunice in the Fields

Never plan anything. Him outdoors had two weeks off and had planned to carry on hedge laying the perimeter…

Be careful what you wish for (times three)

With great excitement we welcomed Alex the sheep scanner to the field last Saturday. Always an exciting time for…

Familiar frogs and toads in Dorset

In the early months of the year, familiar jelly-like masses break the surface of garden ponds up and down…

Jeff pips Simon to the post at Colber

Sturminster and Hinton Angling Association Nine anglers fished the final Winter Points Match on the River Stour at Colber on…

Carymoor Environmental Trust creates new habitats for nightingales

Local nature conservation charity Carymoor Environmental Trust is undertaking a new project to create a habitat for the endangered…

Fern Brook Solar Farm falls flat

Proposals for a 33.06 hectare solar farm east of the Gillingham Southern Extension with access off the B3081 at…

Pacy river for Gillingham anglers

Gillingham AA 5th Winter Championship. River Stour from Deepwater to Highbridge. (20 pegs) The fifth round of the winter championship…