A handsome barn owl and a squirrel in the snow are just two images a local wildlife charity has chosen for its 2014 Christmas cards. Devon Wildlife Trust has been fundraising through Christmas card sales for many years and in 2013, nearly £6,000 was raised to support its vital work for local wildlife. In the past money raised has been used for vital projects including to providing winter homes for Devon’s dormice and restoring wild flower meadows for butterflies and bees. This year, Devon Wildlife Trust has added a number of new lines. A brightly coloured Kingfisher and a snowy Cow join...
One of the commonest complaints heard in the 21st century world of work is that people now have to take their work home with them. But a team member from a leading Devon environmental charity has now taken this modern phenomenon to a new level.
Kate Langdon has spent the last eight years working for Devon Wildlife Trust - the charity which looks after 50 nature reserves and which works for the county’s precious wildlife and landscapes.
Kate is part of Devon Wildlife Trust’s Working Wetlands team. Part of the team’s work has been restoring wildlife flower meadows in north-...
One of the South West’s leading charities has been awarded a top environmental award.
Devon Wildlife Trust, whose main headquarters is in Exeter and bases at Wembury (near Plymouth) and Cookworthy (near Great Torrington), demonstrated its commitment to environmental management recently by becoming the first county wildlife trust to gain the prestigious ISO - international standard accreditation.
Many businesses are committed to reducing their environmental impacts, but few have taken the time and made the investment to gain the coveted ISO14001 award.
A dash of bright and beautiful colour is set to spread across some of Exeter’s best known green spaces this summer.
Last year saw more than three hectares of new wildflower meadow planted across the city. Now, with summer just beginning, the seeds have grown into plants and their beautiful blooms are beginning to show off their true colours.
The new wildflower meadows are the work of local residents and school students. All volunteered under the Exeter Wild City initiative, a scheme led Devon Wildlife Trust and Exeter City Council, and funded by The Big Lottery Fund and...
Devon Wildlife Trust is running its first weekend Milling Morning of the year at its Cricklepit Mill home on Exeter’s quayside. The aim of the event is to give people an exclusive look at a grist mill in action right in the heart of the city.
The free event will take place on Sunday 11 May from 10am until 2pm and is part of National Mills Weekend, the annual festival of the UK’s milling heritage. National Mills Weekend is the chance for everyone to explore their local windmills and watermills. The weekend is coordinated by the Mills Section of the Society for the Protection of...
One of the region’s top wildlife charities, Devon Wildlife Trust, has been celebrating this week after receiving a £800 cash boost from Exmouth-based company Stuart Line Cruises.
The money has been raised through the generous donations of passengers on the company’s Guided Bird Watching Cruises. The trips take in some of the best wildlife watching places in the whole of the South West including Dawlish National Nature Reserve and the wider Exe Estuary. The ever-popular cruises are a particular favourite of wildlife enthusiasts, attracting people from across the world to see the...
Exeter’s only working mill has been undergoing a recent renovation. A team of volunteer millers have used traditional techniques to make the waterwheel run more efficiently.
Cricklepit Mill stands close to Exeter’s historic Quayside and dates back to the 19th Century with some parts of the building dating from the 1600s. It was once a mill containing several waterwheels producing flour, animal feeds and woollen cloth. Today the Mill represents one of the most important remaining chapters in the story of Exeter’s industrial estate.
Devon Wildlife Trust is opening its doors on Friday 14 March for a morning of milling and the chance to see local history come alive.
The event will take place at the charity’s headquarters, the historic Cricklepit Mill situated close to the quayside.
Cricklepit Mill is the last working mill in Exeter and once a month, Devon Wildlife Trust volunteers start the water wheel turning and grind wheat for flour. The events give visitors the chance to learn about the traditional process of flour milling and see an important part of Exeter’s history in action.
An Exeter-based conservation project has spent the winter months working with local communities to produce a greener city.
Exeter Wild City, a joint project between Devon Wildlife Trust and Exeter City Council, has had a busy winter preparing for the approaching spring. In the last few months more than thousand local people have helped to plant over 1,000 trees, create 10 orchards and plant 10 new wildflower meadows.
The work promises to provide new colour in some of Exeter’s green spaces. It is also establishing new sources of natural food for important pollinators such as...
