Looking back to last year, Fingle Woods hosted a Woodland Management Demonstration Week. Unlike this year, there were large groups of people walking together, discussing and learning about the restoration work. After the heat of the summer had receded, the buzz of the woods continued with...
Misty mornings with a slight chill and the smell of damp in the air – the leaves are turning yellow; but what type of Autumn colour will we have this year? As the daylight hours are shortening and it’s getting cooler, deciduous trees and shrubs are...
The dormouse is one of the charismatic species of Fingle Woods that, with attentive investigation, can help us to find the optimum way to restore the various habitats that best suit them. In doing this effectively, we can also benefit many other mammals, birds and...
This August saw the return of Plantlife’s Building Resilience in the South-West project to Bovey Valley woods. In partnership with the Woodland Trust and Natural England, this National Lottery Heritage Fund funded project has seen the valleys historic field boundaries surveyed and managed, to increase their...
Dear South West volunteers We hope this newsletter finds you well and you have managed to stay safe and healthy. 2020 has obviously proved to be a challenge owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, with much of our outdoors and face to face volunteering suspended and many...
Did you know that when we go to sleep another world awakens? When you visit the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve in the daytime, you can see many different bird species quite easily. Mammals are generally harder to spot because most are nocturnal, meaning they only...
Ah, trees. They are why we are all here (quite literally!). They give us air to breathe, shelter from the rain, a place to play, a place for peace. Whatever their size or shape, we adore them - the feel of the bark underneath our...
For many of us, the start of August marks the arrival of high summer, bringing long hot days and balmy nights and summer holidays! For most species of birds, it is a time of change. Both resident and migrant, the breeding season is all but...
We would love to hear your stories on how you managed to connect with nature during lockdown. Please send over any photos with either a few paragraphs or a full article to amandabealing@woodlandtrust.org.uk and then I can publish the South West Stories on Whittle. So this...
in search of Fingle’s dormice, the footprint tracking study in Hall’s Cleave has continued through June and into July. We’ve had some good results so far this spring, demonstrating how these mini acrobats move around to find food through the season, and as their diet...