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Devon Wildlife Trust runs over 100 events each year, including walks and talks, open days and a festival. Find out more here.
Wildlife Watch Groups
Wildlife Watch is the junior branch of The Wildlife Trusts and the UK’s leading environmental action club for kids. If you care about nature and the environment and want to explore your local wildlife – this is the group for YOU!
Join your local Wildlife Watch Group
By going along to a group you will be able to make friends with other nature detectives and have lots of fun taking part in all sorts of practical activities - from pond dipping to wildlife safaris.
Watch Groups are organised by volunteer leaders who know about the local places and wildlife. They generally work with their young members and local experts to organise all kinds of wildlife and environmental activities:
• badger watching
• bat detecting
• pond-dipping
• wildlife campaigns
• wildlife gardening
• mini-beast hunts
• arts & crafts
• environmental games
• tree health surveys
• composting
• woodland wanders
• and much, much more!
Find a group near you
To find out more about a Wildlife Watch group in your area please contact the leaders below directly.
| Watch Group |
Leader | Email/ phone number |
| Bramford Speke, nr Exeter | Sue Satchell | sue@suesatchell.wanadoo.co.uk 01392 841785 |
| Deptford Farm, nr Welcombe |
Wendy Heard |
jheardandson@btconect.com 01288 331264 |
| Exmouth, nr Exeter |
Dawn Lenn |
dawn@lenn.me.uk 01392 279244 |
| Kingsbridge, South Devon |
Fiona Van Esse |
fs.woolmer@yahoo.co.uk 01548 550519 |
| Stover, nr Newton Abbot |
Betina Winkler |
betinawinkler@hotmail.com 01626 334470 |
| Tale Valley, East Devon |
Alan Bruford |
bruford@selwoods.freeserve.co.uk 07814 036634 |
| Tarka, nr Barnstaple |
Jan Whittington |
janwhittington@yahoo.co.uk 01237 425357 |
| Torbryan, nr Newton Abbot |
Rebecca Muddeman |
rebecca@racaudle.co.uk 07707 393123 |
NB these volunteers' contact details are ONLY for enquiries specifically to do with the Wildlife Watch Group. For all other volunteer-related enquiries, please contact Dawn Lenn, Volunteers Officer, dlenn@devonwildlifetrust.org
Become a junior member of Devon Wildlife Trust
Junior members receive loads of exciting wildlife goodies throughout the year. You’ll receive a starter pack and four issues of Wildlife Watch magazine a year. This is packed full of amazing pictures, puzzles, competitions and you get a fantastic free wildlife poster with each issue.
Find out more about how to join