‘Milk, Muck and Minibeasts’ was the theme for this year’s Kingfisher Award Scheme, which saw over 240 primary school children from across East Devon take part in the 26th annual event. An earthworm made from a hoover and a radio station for cows were among this year’s creative displays, but it was St Joseph’s Catholic…
A team of four enthusiastic cyclists from Clinton Devon Estates proudly took part in the 20th Nello Cycle Challenge on Sunday 30th June, raising money for local cancer charity, FORCE (Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre, Exeter). Starting and finishing in Topsham, the Nello Cycle Challenge offered either a 100-mile route via Exmoor, or a 55-mile…
Clinton Devon Estates is supporting moves towards a cleaner future with proposals for a local reserve power plant at Liverton Business Park, Exmouth. At times of peak electricity usage, power supplied to the National Grid by traditional power stations and renewable energy sites can be insufficient to fully meet demand. Reserve power plants are small,…
The Estate’s 2017/18 Trainee Land Agent Matthew Thompson has received a much-deserved award in recognition of his efforts during his placement year. As part of his BSc degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management at Harper Adams University in Shropshire, Matthew, who is completing his final exams this June, spent a year with Clinton Devon…
Licenced commercial dog walkers are working with the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust to encourage responsible dog walking at the 1,100-hectare conservation site. There are 18 professional dog walking companies licensed to use the heaths, each of them walking up to six dogs at a time, the maximum number permitted by both law and…
A Devon landowner has praised a husband and wife for their dedication as River Otter bird wardens for almost 30 years and the role they’ve played in reviving a rare species of bird. Ever since they moved to East Devon from London in 1990, octogenarians Doug and Joan Cullen have volunteered for the Pebblebed Heaths…
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…