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blue jellyfish

Higher protection for our seas!

Our seas are crucial, beautiful, but vulnerable. To ensure their future we need to secure the highest possible protection for them.

Queen Red-tailed bumblebee feeding on yellow tree peony

Why should we care about insects?

87% of all plant species need animal pollination and most of this is delivered by insects. Around three-quarters of all crop types grown by humans need to be pollinated by insects. If we want to…

Cyril Cole

A local legend

Everyone at Devon Wildlife Trust was saddened to hear of the passing of Cyril Cole. Cyril has been a great friend of DWT for many years, a passionate advocate for wildlife and a real force for…

Early bumblebee

A message from our Chair of Trustees

As I write this blog I am lucky enough to be outside in my garden on a warm summer day. There is life burgeoning all around me - bees buzzing, birds singing and a wasp grazing my picnic table.

beaver with kits

River Otter Beaver Trial news

On Valentines Day 2020, while couples across the country were celebrating the passing of another year together, something momentous quietly happened in east Devon. The five year River Otter…

parliament

General Election results: what now?

So the third election in five years is over. Here in Devon not a great deal has changed, but nationally it’s a new political landscape. The Conservatives have a clear majority and Brexit by the…