Kelly Pritchard, Author at East Devon National Landscape

Devon Hedge Award Launch

The 2021 Devon Hedge Award has just been launched and this year’s theme focuses on hedges that are well managed for berries, flowers, fruits and nuts. The Devon Hedge Award is about saying thank you to people who are working hard to create wildlife rich hedges within...

Saving Special Species – Update

The Grey Long-Eared Bat Project The East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Team and Bat Conservation Trust are working together on this exciting project, in both East Devon and West Dorset, to help enhance wildflower meadows in these areas to benefit both bats...

Creative short – Brown hairstreak butterfly

Adult brown hairstreaks are notoriously difficult to spot as they tend to remain high in the canopy of trees, so the best way to monitor the butterfly is to count their eggs, laid (for overwintering) in the young growth of blackthorn trees. Join our wildlife...

Saving the Grey Long Eared Bat

The Grey long eared bat needs our help. With as few as 1000 bats, located in 8 main maternity roosts spread across the south of England, we need to act now to prevent their extinction in the UK. We’ve committed to doing the best we can for this rare mammal locally,...

#SavingSpecialSpecies – protecting endangered species

Devon is rich in wildlife and important for the conservation of many species. At least 1,600 species that occur here are considered to be either threatened with extinction in the British Isles or are nationally scarce. Our wildlife is in crisis and we need to act now...