• A Little Piece of Upland

  By The Bevis Trust In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Uplands, Wetlands | May 11, 2017

  Here on the farm we have a tiny vestigial piece of upland, it’s tucked away on a bank alongside a farm track and is so tiny you’d barely notice it. There are a few tufts of heather, some rowans and a fair sprinkling of blaeberries. It’s wonderful to see the tiny berries starting to appear…

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• May Day on the Farm.

  By The Bevis Trust In Beavers, Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands | May 5, 2017

  Spring has been slow, which is how we like it. Birds are nesting everywhere. The wrens in the Bevis Shed are nesting in the motor of the sawmill so we cannot mill any planks. An immaculate pair of bullfinches are busy shredding fruit buds in the orchard, which is not so good. I watched at…

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• Devon Beavers

  By The Bevis Trust In Beavers, Countryside, Rewilding, Uncategorized, Wetlands | March 29, 2017

  Devon Wildlife Trust have put together a wonderful document about beavers and their place in the environment. Click the picture to visit Devon Wildlife Trust and read the report or we do have a limited number of paper copies in the office.

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• In Like a Lion…

  By The Bevis Trust In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Rewilding, Wetlands | March 20, 2017

  …out like a lamb, or so they say about March. We are almost into the last week of the month and it’s still feeling very lion-like and the forecast is only set to get colder and wetter through the week. It’s making the reinstatement work very difficult at Ricketts Mill. A few dry days last…

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