Heath Week returns for celebration of East Devon’s new National Nature Reserve
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.
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Devon Heath Service
Supporting the wildlife of Devon's lowland heaths. How your donation will help DWT manage six heathland nature reserves to benefit the wildlife that has evolved to thrive on heathland.
East Devon Wildlife Survey 2021
A survey to find out East Devon residents' views on wildlife and wild places in their local area.
Devon Heath Service thank you
Thank you for your donation to support heathland wildlife on half a dozen DWT lowland heath nature reserves.
Small heath
The small heath is the smallest of our brown butterflies and has a fluttering flight. It favours heathlands, as its name suggests, as well as other sunny habitats.
Heath fritillary
The rare heath fritillary was on the brink of extinction in the 1970s, but conservation action turned its fortunes around. It is still confined to a small number of sites in the south of England,…
Heath bumblebee
The Heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
National Marine Week
National Marine Week
DWT ends tenure as operator of East Devon visitor attraction
Devon Wildlife Trust has announced that it is ending its tenure as the operator of the East Devon-based visitor attraction Seaton Jurassic.
Cross-leaved heath
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
Thank you for supporting East Devon's wildlife
DWT's Steve Hussey says thank you to new members of Devon Wildlife Trust for their support.
Wilder East Dartmoor
We are delighted to have been selected by Defra for the first stage of its ambitious Landscape Recovery Scheme. Our pioneering project will be based in East Dartmoor. We’ll work with partners, local farmers, landowners and communities to deliver nature recovery on a landscape scale across 5,000 hectares.