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).
Varsity Volunteers
Ashes to Ashes - What next for the Tree of Life?
A Focus on Lichens and What They Need
Beautiful Butterfly
Pullabrook Patchwork Management
Layers of Time – A Moorland Conservation Story
Yarner Wood: Open Air Laboratory and Conservation Gem
DIY Rainforest Restoration
Winter Works at Bovey Valley Woods 2021-22
Helping Hands to Help Heathland
Free the Oak Trees - Green Recovery
Woodland Bats and Their Foraging Habitat
Veteranisation – Bat Conservation and Old Wood Features
Nature's Grand Recycling Plan
An Industrious Rural Landscape
Woodland Management - Honing the Technique
Lighting up the Darkness
A Growing Problem
Autumn Works in the Bovey Valley Woods
