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Heathland and moorland
These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather…
Wildlife haven gets boost
Ludwell Valley Park in Exeter has just been boosted by news of funding from Viridor Credits.
Devon Heath Service thank you
Thank you for your donation to support heathland wildlife on half a dozen DWT lowland heath nature reserves.
Beavers in the news
It’s been a noisy week for beavers in the media, but still not a lot of clarity about what their future will be.
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…
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…
Volunteers get stuck in surveying North Devon’s marine wildlife
This summer, volunteers are surveying North Devon’s marine wildlife to provide valuable insights into the diversity on our shores for The Wildlife Trusts’ Shoresearch survey.
Mini-beasts receive major boost
Millions of mini-beasts in South Devon are set to benefit from improvements to their nature reserve homes after Devon Wildlife Trust secured a £41,000 grant from Biffa Award; a multi-million pound…
Devon Heath Service
Supporting the wildlife of Devon's lowland heaths. How your donation will help DWT manage six heathland nature reserves to benefit the wildlife that has evolved to thrive on heathland.
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…