New protected area proposed for Lyme Bay dolphins
Devon Wildlife Trust is calling for a Marine Conservation Zone for dolphins, whales and seabirds in south-west of Lyme Bay. The area is important for…
Nature
Insects, wild plants, birds, wildlife, geological features. Nature is found everywhere in the county of Devon!
Devon from Dusk to Dawn…
As I sit down to write this the countryside looks so different to when I wrote last. The arable crops, cut silage and hay fields…
Can you help give rare bats a boost?
Bats in Devon should see a better future thanks to the generous response to a Devon Wildlife Trust fundraising appeal – but more support is…
June’s here to be enjoyed to the full!
When asked to write on the countryside, it would be necessary to dig into a lifetime of experience and connection with the great outdoors. Undoubtedly…
Time to sing… with Andy Stuthridge
The cover of this issue features some of our lovely song birds that should currently be at full. It's a photo visual feature with images…
Don’t miss the orchids at Goren Farm
June's a spectacular month in the wildlife calendar. It's all-systems-go, pretty much all trees now being festooned with leaves and wildflower meadows coming alive, welcoming…
They’re not cuckoo!
In late spring the simple 'Cuckoo' song gently wafting along on the breeze is for me, highly evocative of everything that's great about the countryside…
Andy’s Dartmoor birds
Devonshire magazine takes a look at bird life on the unique Dartmoor habitat in the spring and summer season. Andrew Stuthridge's glorious high resolution photographs…
Devon’s Nudibranchs
Dan Bolt was born in South Devon and for the past 25 years has been diving and snorkelling the coastline both for pleasure, and as…
Exploring the limestones of South Devon
"Created when Britain lay south of the Equator, Devon's ancient limestones are as exciting and interesting as any rocks in the British Isles. And so…
Orchid Extravaganza
We visit Goren Farm near Honiton, to take a close up look at the orchid flowering in their organic meadows. The meadows, supporting not just…
Little Africa – Chudleigh Rock
Caves, tree ferns, palms, follies, old tractors - Chudleigh Rock is certainly an interesting place that achieved popularity with artists in the Victorian era. Prehistoric…