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Natural England announces new National Nature Reserve for East Devon Pebblebed Heaths Natural England, in collaboration with Clinton Devon Estates, has announced today (Thursday 13 May), a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) for the vitally important East Devon Pebblebed Heaths near Exeter. From: The East Devon Pebblebed Heaths Photo: Jake Newman, Rekord Media East Devon Pebblebed Heaths, stretching between the village of Woodbury towards Budleigh Salterton on the Jurassic Coast, is the latest site in the county to join the UK’s list of nationally and internationally important la...

Beaver reintroduction in the UK Beaver reintroduction in the UK We're working with other organisations to see Eurasian beavers re-established across their former range in Britain. We endorse their reintroduction through well planned and licensed releases. The return of the beaver The Eurasian beaver is native to Britain and used to be widespread in England, Wales and Scotland, but was never known from Ireland. They became extinct in the 16th century, mainly because of hunting for their fur, meat and 'castoreum', a sec...

Seaton Jurassic from the air. Picture DWT - Credit: Archant A local charity has announced that it is ending its tenure as the operator of the East Devon-based visitor attraction Seaton Jurassic. After five years of managing Seaton Jurassic, Devon Wildlife Trust has taken what it says was a ‘very tough decision’ not to continue in its role as the visitor attraction’s operator. The charity pointed to the ‘unique and unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic’, combined with the need to undertake substantial, costly renovations to the attraction’s exhibitions, as being a...

IT SEEMS incredible even to me, that it was just over six years ago that I first wrote about the potential of using beavers to calm and slow some British rivers.  In a sense it started in 2008 with some very naughty girls or boys who smuggled a few of the remarkable beasts into a section of the River Otter near the village of Ottery St Mary in Devon. It was believed to be the first wild and free population of beavers in the English countryside for over 500 years, although various wildlife trusts and other groups had established some enclosed captive beaver populations mostly in Scotland.

Two beavers will be released at a 29-acre site surrounded by housing estates in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, as part of a project to reintroduce the animals across the UK.