Two weeks on from the devastating Upton Heath fire, conservationists are facing up to the long task of restoring the one hundred and forty acres destroyed.

Dorset Wildlife Trust is appealing for donations as they try to restore the ecosystem ravaged bgy the county's biggest heathland fire since the seventies.

It's estimated it'll take a decade for the heathland to regrow, but many more years until the 'full range of rare plants and animals returns'.