Our Head of Wildlife and Conservation, Dr Sam Bridgewater, has been interviewed on BBC Radio Four’s Farming Today programme, about the Lower Otter Restoration Project. Work is getting underway on the £15 million project at Budleigh Salterton, which will reconnect the Otter Estuary with its original floodplain for the first time since 1812. The managed…
Nine years after one of East Devon’s most iconic hilltop plantations was saved from the rapid spread of a deadly tree disease, the green shoots of recovery are signalling the rescue programme’s success. In 2012, 10 hectares of mature Japanese larch trees had to be felled at Otterton Hill near Budleigh Salterton, after the crop…
The River Otter Beaver Trial has received international media coverage after being featured on CNN. In an online article and video, the broadcaster looked at how England’s beavers are once again living wild in East Devon. The Estate is proud to have been a part of the five year River Otter Beaver Trial. It was…
How Devon is leading the way in conserving and improving the natural world By John Varley, CEO, Clinton Devon Estates Imagine for a moment the news agenda without Covid-19… If press and broadcast media weren’t reporting on the global health emergency, would the headlines and column inches be filled with news of the global climate…
The Lower Otter Restoration Project featured at the Gobeshona Conference on Locally Led Adaptation Action, as an example of how Britain is adapting to the climate crisis.
A landscape-scale project to address the impact of climate change by returning a Devon estuary and flood plain to a more natural condition has been supported by councillors.
Plans to help ensure a smooth transition to a low-carbon electricity supply have been given the green light. Proposals for a reserve energy plant at Liverton 2 Business Park in Exmouth to provide essential back-up electricity at times of high demand and insufficient generation were approved by the Planning Inspectorate in June this year. Such…
Darren Roberts Esq Principal Planning Officer – Central Team East Devon District Council Blackdown House Border Road Heathpark Industrial Estate Honiton EX14 1EJ 11 November 2020 By email: [email protected] Dear Mr Roberts 20/2089/MFUL – 151 hectares of land within the parishes of East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton and Otterton from Lime Kiln Car Park (SY072819)…
A ground-breaking project to help the lower Otter Valley adapt to climate change and create an internationally important wildlife reserve has been submitted to planners. If approved, the Lower Otter Restoration Project (LORP) will reconnect the River Otter to its historic floodplain and return the lower Otter Valley to a more natural condition. The scheme…
The discovery of discarded tins, plastic, glass and even a container of engine oil on the Otter Estuary in East Devon, has prompted calls for visitors to take their rubbish home with them and help protect the environment.