East Dartmoor Woods
East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve is one of the best places in the country to enjoy the outdoors and to encounter wildlife. The Reserve lies just a stone’s throw from the iconic Haytor Rocks, and straddles both the high open moors and lower wooded valleys of Dartmoor National Park. It comprises three joined but distinct areas: Yarner Wood, Trendlebere Down and the valley of the River Bovey. Nature Reserves safeguard some of Britain’s most important wildlife for present and future generations to cherish and enjoy. East Dartmoor is managed by Natural England in partnership with the Trendlebere Down Commoners Association, the Woodland Trust and Dartmoor National Park Authority. The blogs on this page are from the East Dartmoor Blog and capture the activity that took place during and after the Heritage Lottery Funded Moor than Meets the Eye project. (The East Dartmoor Blog was closed in 2025).
Barbastelle Bat Report
Walking Routes
Connection of People with Nature throughout time
Education, education, education
Art in the Park
A day of invertebrate sampling with Natural England: helping the Sanger Institute with The BIOSCAN Project
Varsity Volunteers
Ashes to Ashes - What next for the Tree of Life?
Time shows overall success for nest box breeding birds
It is all a matter of interpretation!
Did You Know Dormice Snore?
A Focus on Lichens and What They Need
Moth Night at Yarner Wood
Nice Day for a Bio-blitz
Beautiful Butterfly
Pullabrook Patchwork Management
NESTEGG: You reap what you sow
Layers of Time – A Moorland Conservation Story
Yarner Wood: Open Air Laboratory and Conservation Gem
