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).
Marsh Tit in the Wood
Step into Spring
Veteranisation – Bat Conservation and Old Wood Features
Wood Ants - the world beneath your feet
Nature's Grand Recycling Plan
A Kaleidoscope of Colour - Wildlife watching in 2020
Nature's Architectural Branches
Lighting up the Darkness
A Growing Problem
Health and Wellbeing
Autumn Works in the Bovey Valley Woods
Building Resilience Back in the Bovey
Walking the “Butterflies of the Bovey Valley”
Nocturnal Life at East Dartmoor
A Master of Camouflage
Coming to Fruition
Butterfly, bird and budburst bonanza
Frogspawn February
Dozing Dormice (Part 2)
