A team from Clinton Devon Estates is once again taking on the gruelling Nello Cycle Challenge to raise money for local cancer charity, FORCE (Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre, Exeter). The team’s preparations are now well underway for the 20th annual event taking place on Sunday, June 30th, starting and finishing in Topsham, involving…
The link between earthworms and milk production, what makes farms organic, and the role moths play in pollination are among the many insights gained by 240 East Devon primary school children taking part in this year’s Kingfisher Award Scheme. Now in its 26th year, the educational farming initiative offers young people across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset…
As dusk falls, hundreds of nocturnal predators set off across the Devon countryside to feed, writes Kate Ponting, Countryside Learning Officer for Clinton Devon Estates… A single pipistrelle bat weighing five grams, the same as a 20 pence coin, can consume over 3,000 insects in a single night. Bats do well in East Devon: 16…
Unlike many organisations, Clinton Devon Estates work is inter-generational, rather than in five-year funding cycles, and we are firmly committed to supporting wildlife and habitats. We can demonstrate across all areas of our business that we do this, and we monitor our performance in this area through bird, dormouse and pollinator surveys, and habitat creation…
East Devon District Council has approved Clinton Devon Estates’ planning application to build 30 new homes for people in the seaside village of Beer, 12 of which will be designated affordable. The Development Management Committee voted unanimously to grant outline planning consent at a meeting on May 1st 2019 after hearing that the proposals were…
Clinton Devon Estates is proud to be supporting the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project’s (DGHBP) drive to promote wildlife gardening to schools and allotment holders in Beer. By planting different types of wildflowers to attract insects, gardeners in turn are supporting bats. All 17 species of British bats eat only insects, including Beer’s rare Greater…
A whopping 40 tonnes of dog poop has been collected across Woodbury Common since a dog walking code of conduct was launched a year ago. The Pebblebed Dog Code highlights simple ways that dog walkers can enjoy the heaths, sharing the space with other visitors and wildlife in a responsible way. Guidance includes: always picking…
Volunteers from across East Devon have joined forces to plant a hedge to create a natural “bat corridor” to help boost populations of rare bats near Beer. As part of a community initiative called Bat Friendly Beer, a group of volunteers from Clinton Devon Estates’ Friends of the Commons group and Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat…
Several young people are starting their careers with one of the Westcountry’s largest land and property management businesses through its commitment to providing apprenticeships and traineeships. For more than a decade, Clinton Devon Estates has worked hard to increase opportunities for young people and currently has five apprentices or trainees working across almost all of…
Essential cliff safety work is underway at Budleigh Salterton to remove an unstable 15 metre high sandstone pinnacle which has formed following many decades of weather erosion. Contractors working for the landowner Clinton Devon Estates, are using ropes to abseil from the clifftop near Steamer Steps, to enable them to use specialist equipment to carefully…