Chudleigh Knighton Heath
A wonderful heathland haven with some very special wildlife.
A wonderful heathland haven with some very special wildlife.
A hugely popular activities week celebrating the wildlife, history and landscape of East Devon’s new National Nature Reserve, is to go ahead this month.
We're proud to reveal our latest and 58th nature reserve: Ideford Common.
A much-loved Dartmoor’s nature reserve has undergone vital conservation work which will benefit its precious wildlife.
Help us survey important species across some of our reserves.
The small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
The Heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
A fire at Dunsford nature reserve, in eastern Dartmoor’s Teign Valley, has prompted Devon Wildlife Trust to remind the public of the threat of wildfires in the countryside during spells of dry…
An opportunity has arisen for volunteers to join DWT’s estate team. They will receive accommodation and training to enable them to help manage DWT’s nature reserves to a high standard.