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Birdwatching for Beginners

Rating: 3

August 23rd 2010

Natural World: So you want to go birding? The RSPB’s Tony Whitehead gives some hints and tips on taking up birdwatching

Gentle Giants - Basking Sharks Natural World

Rating: 3

July 21st 2010

They may be cousins, but the Basking Shark seen off Devon's coastline couldn't be more different from the feared Great White. Words by Bracken Vernon-Jellier. Photos by Neil Hope.

Signs of Summer

Rating: 3

May 26th 2010

What signifies the start of summer for you? Is it the first barbecue, the smell of new-mown grass or the arrival of swifts high in our skies? By Steve Hussey, Devon Wildlife Trust

The company of birds in RSPB's Tony Whitehead's Devon Garden

Rating: 3

January 5th 2010

The RSPB’s Tony Whitehead describes some of the feathered visitors to his Devon garden

Plymouth Marine Laboratory Voyage

Rating: 2

October 22nd 2008

Kelvin Boot joined staff from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory on an ecological survey to investigate life on the seabed off Plymouth.

Devons Thrushes

Rating: 2

October 22nd 2008

In Devon we have three species of thrush which are resident all year round, but this number is boosted in autumn by the inward migration of another two species, David Chapman says this makes it the best time of year to get out and see this group o...

Devons Grasshoppers and Crickets

Rating: 2

September 1st 2008

David Chapman investigates the intriguing world of Devon's grasshoppers and crickets

Top 12 at Living Coasts

Rating: 3

June 30th 2008

Torquay's coastal zoo, Living Coasts has some exciting new developments - from the Penguin Academy to the Mangrove Forest...

The Wildlife of Ashclyst Forest

Rating: 3

May 29th 2008

Owned by the National Trust, Ashclyst Forest is renowned for its wide range of butterflies and offers great walking, good bird watching and the chance to practise your mammal-tracking skills.

Wildlife along the Exe Canal

Rating: 2

February 21st 2008

A walk along the Exeter Canal can reveal wildlife in droves - even in the most unexpected of places...

The New-look Zoo - Dartmoor Zoological Park

Rating: 3

February 20th 2008

Jean Rose gets up close and personal at Dartmoor Zoological Park, but one of her first encounters with the animals wasn't quite what she expected

Kingsteigntons Hackney Marshes

Rating: 2

January 24th 2008

Hackney Marshes near Kingsteignton were once used for archery practice in the Middle Ages. This one-time haunt of clay bargemen is now a controlled wetland teeming with wildlife

A Vets World

Rating: 2

January 24th 2008

Nigel Taylor, Devon's answer to James Herriot, tells the tale of a wounded collie who grasped modern technology with both paws

Fox and the City

Rating: 2

December 20th 2007

Urban foxes are on the increase. David Ireland from the Devon Wildlife Trust considers the reasons

Wild About Woody Bay

Rating: 3

November 22nd 2007

In this particular stretch of the Exmoor coast, owned by the National Trust, wildlife is plentiful whatever the time of year, and a stroll along the coast path opens up some of the most spectacular views in the county.

Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night

Rating: 3

October 24th 2007

It may be a common sight hopping across our lawns, but don't let familiarity breed contempt. The blackbird has real charisma and some very unusual habits. In the light evenings of mid-summer, or even where street lights illuminate their breeding a...

Backyard Bistro

Rating: 3

September 21st 2007

On 27 October it's Feed the Birds Day. Although the RSPB advises feeding garden birds all year round, with summer nights now behind us and the clocks going back, it's a good time to prepare gardens for the cold months ahead. The winter can ...