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EuCAN is a Community Interest Company (CIC) working in the UK and other countries of Europe to involve more people and communities in the conservation management of their local environment, by providing training and practical experience for young graduates, potential volunteers and contractors and therapeutic groups, in nature conservation and in sustainable land management.

15 Sep 2026

Re-scheduled - Wildflower meadow management in Charmouth

1 Westcliff Rd, Charmouth

We are returning to Charmouth for another trip to the seaside to help Andy and Jane Littler do their routine maintenance in their wildlife garden.

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16 Sep 2026

Grasscutting at the Sherborne Lenthay allotments field

Lenthay Allotments Field, Hunts Mead, Sherborne

Today we shall be cutting and raking off the grass from part of the Lenthay allotment field.

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17 Sep 2026

Lankham Bottom Butterfly Reserve - burning up cut scrub regrowth

Lankham Bottom near Cattistock

We are going to be burning up the bramble we cut in August on the western boundary of the reserve. It had been growing in over the upper slopes on the S side of the reserve.

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18 Sep 2026

Sherborne Terraces SNCI - cutting and raking up the rank end-of-summer vegetation on the verge at the Terraces SNCI

Sherborne Terraces SNCI

Today some of our team will be cutting and raking up the rank end-of-summer vegetation on the road verge at the Terraces SNCI and would appreciate any help available...

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18 Sep 2026

Cutting gorse on the bank overlooking the development at Curtis Fields SNCI in Weymouth

Curtis Fields SNCI Weymouth

Cutting gorse on the bank overlooking the development at Curtis Fields SNCI in Weymouth

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25 Sep 2026

Silklake Quarry (Bumpers Lane development) and Bottom Coombe Quarry - seed sowing in the newly scraped areas.

Portland - Silklake Quarry and Bottom Coombe wildlife conservation sites

We have several areas of recently cleared ground here to spread with locally collected wildflower seed.

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30 Sep 2026

Cutting scrub to recover the flower-rich grassland at Curtis Fields SNCI in Weymouth

Curtis Fields SNCI Weymouth

For this visit to Curtis Fields we will be working with the EuCAN Dorset Mid-week Volunteers (DMV) clearing a large area of scrubbed over grassland

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7 Oct 2026

First Aid refresher course

St Mary's Church Room, Puddletown

We shall be holding another First Aid refresher course particularly suitable for volunteers doing wildlife conservation work with manual or power tools.

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30 Nov - 1 Dec 2026

Chainsaw refresher training course

Motcombe, nr Shaftesbury

This is a two day refresher training leading to a LANTRA certificate. one place still available.

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