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).
Students Spring into Action
On the lichen trail
Firewood for Good Gleaning
Look Out! Bird Hide Under Construction
Vinnimore Medieval Farmstead – International Rescue
Granite: 400 million years and counting
From fungi to 4x4's - life as a new Conservation Assistant
Pulling Together - a Day Out with the Volunteers in the Bovey Valley Woods
The “Race for Nature” Shows the Beauty of the Bovey Valley
Medieval Farming in the Bovey Valley – the Need to Know More (Vinnimore Archaeology diary part 1)
Bovey Barbastelle Bats - the Research Continues (Barbastelle Diary part 10)
The Archeology of the Haytor Quarries
The River of Life: Family fun in the sun
History Hunters: Discovering Tin
The Templer Tramway Spring Clean-up
The Fresh Faces of Spring
Bats and Ladders - part 9 of the Barbastelle Tracking Diary
Muir on the Moor: Forest School for College Students
Woodland Restoration for Everybody
