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Grayling
The grayling is one of our largest brown butterflies and a master of disguise - its cryptic colouring helps to camouflage it against bare earth and stones in its coastal habitats and on inland…
Species
Discover more about our amazing wildlife in the UK! Learn more about the plants and animals on your doorstep.
Grazing rights
Devon Wildlife Trust’s Matt Boydell explores the vital role grazing animals play in managing the health of our nature reserves. Matt has been Devon Wildlife Trust’s Land Manager for the past 19…
Save our seas - Ban bottom trawling
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
Conservation leaders warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ threatening England’s wildlife and most special places
• ‘Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return
• Four years on from Environment Act, nature policy is in a much darker place
• Charities…
Cow collars point conservation grazing in the right direction
An innovative project which uses digital collars and virtual fencing to direct the movements of cows is now being used in North Devon.
Hello Team Wilder: Jeremy from Exminster Green Spaces
We spoke to Jeremy Pyne from Exminster Green Spaces Group to find out about his Team Wilder journey...
What is a Nudibranch?
Nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs, are much like their land-based relatives that you may spot in your garden. But, unlike your regular garden slug, the nudibranch can incorporate the stinging…
Exploring the four Marine Protected Areas in Devon where we need a ban on bottom trawling
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) are currently running a consultation considering a ban on bottom trawling in 41 offshore Marine Protected Areas in England, including four in Devon waters…
Sand eel
Sand eels are a hugely important part of our marine ecosystem. In fact, the fledgling success of our breeding seabirds entirely depends on them.