DID YOU KNOW...
...that Dorset has outstanding levels of biodiversity? 90% of all of the UK's bird species, 85% of mammals, 80% of butterflies and 70% of dragonflies, and all of its reptiles and amphibians are found here.
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DID YOU KNOW...
...that the first recorded vaccination in the world was carried out at Worth Matravers, near Swanage, by a local farmer - Benjamin Jesty - in 1774
As it happens, he is my ever-so-many times Great Uncle!
Jackie
