In the midst of all this grey and dreary weather I thought I would write a reflective blog, taking you back to a moment of spring chill in sunnier weather. Currently we have two species of deer that reside in the Teign Valley, using the woods...
Here at Yarner Wood we are treated to a wonderful array of habitats for plant and animal species. Visitors come from far and wide to observe breeding migratory birds like the pied flycatcher. Lichenologists can be fascinated for hours by the specimens growing thick on...
Jeremy Evans One of the South West’s Outreach advisors has been working with Wiltshire County Council to support their ambitious planting project to plant 10,000 trees in memory of the men and women who died in the First World War The council worked with 109 Community...
As the year draws to a close, we wanted to keep you up to date with news from the South West. It has been a busy year but we’ve achieved a huge amount for woods and trees with your help. Next year’s plans see new volunteering opportunities...
There are no beavers at Fingle Woods but diesel-powered machines are building beaver dams As the “rewilding” debate expands its wings outside the confines of the conservation world and enters the mainstream media, Fingle Woods finds itself looking at where it can play a part. In...
First, of course, a very Happy Christmas to all our members and we trust we will be seeing all of you in the New Year. Now to more mundane matters; the forecast for the 1st Dcember turned out to be unduly pessimistic and overnight rain ceased...
At Fingle we are lucky enough to have a wood filled with all kinds of different wildlife from Roe Deer to Salmon and Dippers. Yet there is one species in particular that lives here – the Hazel Dormouse. I have volunteered with the Fingle team for...
The Conservation Assistants recently led a guided tour of the National Nature Reserve (NNR) for the Dartmoor National Park apprentices. This was a chance for them to see what the trainee scheme at East Dartmoor NNR is all about, and for both sides to network,...
On Sunday 18 November Colerne Parish remembered their First World War fallen by the planting of 23 trees in the Woodland Trust’s Frank’s Wood. Wiltshire Council, through the Woodland Trust’s First World War project, invited communities to mark the centenary by planting trees across the county,...
In searching the waterways for signs of otters, Natural England volunteer, Emma, has been discovering the beauty of Yarner Wood as it changes through the seasons… For the last year I have been volunteering as part of the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve otter survey team,...