Wilder Diaries: Pinhoe View Hospital
Pinhoe View Hospital in Exeter provides care across two wards for people who have enduring mental health problems. Each ward at the hospital has access to its own garden. Through Nextdoor Nature…
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Wilder Future: a badger's view
Badger. Strong defiant, paternal, the only animal that the weasels and stoats won’t dare to cross. It is badger who the other animals turn to when things go wrong, the reluctant leader who steps…
Wilder Future: a toad's view
It’s always intrigued me that Kenneth Grahame chose Toad as his most impulsive, charismatic and rumbustious character. An adrenaline junky, desperate to be loved and the antithesis of Ratty’s…
Wilder Future: a mole's view
It’s a crisp, early spring morning of watery sun and rippling bird song. The April greens are at their sharpest, the leaves of every plant impossibly lush. The flowers pushing themselves up among…
Wilder Future: a vole's view
Ratty. Sensible, dependable, loyal, comfortable in his own skin, writes Harry Barton, Devon Wildlife Trust's CEO. He is the character who gives the river in Wind in the Willows its sense of…
My dinner party
Niamh loves to feed the birds, so makes natural feeders out of pinecones and berries, to help them through the winter. She’ll tie this to a branch so that the birds can feast from it safely.
Our work
Devon Wildlife Trust is a charity that exists to protect all wildlife in Devon and to safeguard Devon’s unique natural environment. Find out what we do here.
Our work with beavers
Find out about our ongoing work with wild beavers in Devon, and how we are helping beavers and people coexist peacefully.
How to help wildlife at work
Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours!
Our marine work
Devon is the only county in England with two separate coasts, and our coastal waters are among the most diverse in the UK. From rocky shores and seagrass beds to kelp forests and open water, our seas are home to an extraordinary range of wildlife.
Our work for wildlife
It is time to put nature into recovery. We need to restore what has been lost and we need to do this on a grand scale. Our projects across Devon help us to deliver our vision of a Wilder Devon.
The Green Party’s manifesto: bold commitments that put nature at the centre
Today, the Green Party has released its manifesto, which contextualises some of the greatest challenges to society against the backdrop of the nature and climate crises.