A team of cyclists from Clinton Devon Estates are getting back in the saddle to take part in the 2022 Nello Cycle Challenge.
The search is on for an innovative farmer with the inspiration and energy to embark on a once-in-a-generation tenancy opportunity in East Devon.
A hugely popular activities week celebrating the wildlife, history and landscape of East Devon’s new National Nature Reserve, is to go ahead this month. The annual East Devon Heath Week had to be cancelled last year due to the pandemic, but it’s now set to take place on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths from Sunday…
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…
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.
Visitors to Woodbury Common near Exeter, and the wider East Devon Pebblebed Heaths (EDPH), now have until the end of September to submit favourite photographs to ‘The Heaths and Me’ project, to illustrate what’s so special about the area. The Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust, the charity which manages the site on behalf of Clinton Devon…
An Exeter primary school which has earned an international reputation for its innovative use of technology, has brought life on the farm into the homes of its pupils with a virtual challenge. The Kingfisher Award Scheme is an annual educational event which sees hundreds of school children visiting local farms to explore the natural world….
A ceremony has been held to mark the 80th anniversary of the opening of an RAF observation post on the East Devon coast, which played a major role in World War Two weapons testing and training. Brandy Head was part of the Exeter-based Gunnery Research Unit and is located on the South West Coast Path…