The past few months have been busy as we start to plan for our work in 2020. This involves taking stock of what we have achieved so far this year and what opportunities are on the horizon. The renewed public interest in climate change and...
Once again a huge thank you to our amazing photographer Geoff Foale for his documentation of insects in some Devon woods. Geoff recorded a female wasp spider in Woodleigh Wood which he said ‘I have been searching for 10 years and this is the first...
Woodland Wildlife Toolkit coverage distracted by working horses Back in the spring, BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme team visited Fingle Woods to learn about woodland restoration and our involvement in the development of the Woodland Wildlife Toolkit. Farming Today’s Sybil Ruscoe came to learn all about how Fingle Woods has been sharing...
Dartmoor’s Wheelchair Access Group (WAGs), led by two Moorland Guides, have spent a day at East Dartmoor NNR testing a route for the Dartmoor Walking Festival in August (24th-1st September) to see what was possible for a wide range of wheelchair users. We met at Middle Trendlebere car...
Visitors might be drawn in by the birds, bats and butterflies, or even the possibility of seeing an elusive otter, but the Bovey Valley, in the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve is also renowned for its more unassuming residents, an internationally renowned lichen population. The...
Hedgehogs hold a special place in our hearts. In a recent survey, they were voted Britain’s favourite mammal, polling more than a third of the votes. But what we know about these prickly pals is a major concern. Studies show that their numbers are declining...
Still no news on the outcome of the Casa Mia planning application. The position appears to be that feedback was provided to the applicant by the Planning Office earlier in the year and our understanding is that the applicant intended to submit revised proposals in...
Our new volunteer wardens at Avoncliff Wood are trialing dormouse footprint tunnels at our recent acquisition in the west country. As part of a full monitoring study of the plants and animals at Avoncliff Wood, the volunteers have installed 30 dormice tunnels lined with white card,...
A very big thank you to Geoffrey Foale, one of our volunteers in the South West who has sent in this fantastic array of photos this is what Geoff has said This year, once again, I have been regularly recording insect life from the South Devon...
Every year the butterfly conservation trust run the big butterfly count from the 19th July to 11th August Butterflies react very quickly to change in their environment which makes them excellent #biodiversity indicators 🦋 Photo: Large White (Pieris brassicae) by Kasia Bednarska From Butterfly conservation trust It would be fantastic if...