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).
East Dartmoor’s Mires
Hours of Frustration and Fun: The Joys of Moth Trapping
Counting butterflies
Sharing Expertise on Woodland Bats
Bovey Valley Woods 2016/17 Review
Saving a Rare Species – White-letter hairstreak
Earthworms at Yarner
Life in the Canopy
Saving a Rare Species – The Plight of the Elm
Pearls of Wisdom
Understanding Dartmoor's woodlands
A bird in the hand...
On the lichen trail
Woodland birds’ response to climatic change
An Open Canopy - The Science of Woodland Restoration
Ground Level Research in the Woods
Bovey Barbastelle Bats - the Research Continues (Barbastelle Diary part 10)
Canopy science
The Battle of the Bovey
