One of Britain’s most highly respected and longest serving head foresters is retiring after 27 years with Clinton Devon Estates, having the set the path for a major change in woodland management to cope with a range of challenges, from tree disease to climate change. John Wilding, MBE is handing over his role as head…
Two young ospreys have made a final stopover on the Otter Estuary in East Devon on their way to wintering grounds in Africa – almost exactly a year after a pioneering restoration project reconnected the River Otter to its flood plain.
Clinton Devon Estates are delighted to announce we were recently successful in a bid to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to secure funding for a 2-year Landscape Recovery development project.
The life of the late Lord Clinton, one of Devon’s most important landowners, was celebrated at Exeter Cathedral on Monday (July 15 2024) in a moving and uplifting memorial service attended by around 1,000 people.
We are delighted to announce that our Apprentice Woodsman, Chris Badlam, of the Clinton Woods Team, has successfully passed his Level 2 Forest Operation (Establishment and Maintenance) apprenticeship end point assessment. This marks the successful conclusion of his 18-month apprenticeship training. Congratulations Chris! The Level 2 Forest Operative apprenticeship is designed to develop a well-rounded…
An ambitious landscape-scale project to improve the environment for wildlife and for people has been launched by Clinton Devon Estates after a successful bid for Government funding. Kirstie Ellis has been appointed as Project Manager for “Heaths to Sea: Landscape recovery of the Lower Otter Valley”. Kirstie will lead the two-year development phase of the…
Gerard, Lord Clinton, farmer and landowner, died peacefully at home in East Devon on April 2, 2024, aged 89, survived by Nicola (always known as Nicky), to whom he had been devotedly married for sixty-four years.
Work on one of the most significant conservation projects in South West England is nearing completion. The Lower Otter Restoration Project (LORP) at Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, is creating 55 hectares of mud flat and saltmarsh by allowing the tide to flow freely in and out of a new inter-tidal area. Two centuries ago, an…
Clinton Devon Estates are preparing to submit an application to the Planning Inspectorate which will increase the size of Woodbury and Bicton commons by registering woodland sites as new common land, while deregistering a smaller, industrial brownfield site. The 1.7-hectare site, although it has long been in industrial use and inaccessible to the public for…
One of the biggest coastal climate adaptation and habitat creation projects in England moves a step closer to final completion with the installation of a new 70-metre footbridge.