Blog: South Devon

Autumn is a busy time for the National Trust ranger team, as we wrap up the summer’s activities and turn our focus to the winter’s tasks. (more...)

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For anyone interested in birds, this is an exciting time of year. Autumn migrants are on the move and winter visitors like Redwing, Fieldfare and Brambling are starting to arrive. (more...)

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A rare spider has been uncovered on our land at Prawle Point in South Devon.  The moon spider (Callilepis nocturna) was known to have previously inhabited this coastal site, although it has not been recorded since 1990. (more...)

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On Saturday 8th of September join the National Trust and South Devon AONB for a Big Night out on the Beach! This brand new event for us will be held at the beautiful South Milton Sands, South Milton near Kingsbridge from 4pm to 10m. Discover the nightlife of the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with a fun-packed evening of events. The National Trust will be leading 50 Things to do Before You're 11 3/4 activities for children, and there will be a Pirate Treasure Hunt run by the AONB. Or get in touch with your creative side and make a lantern for when the sun drops.
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Last Saturday was the third hosting of our ever-popular ‘From Field to Plate’ event, held in partnership with the Moostone Meat Company at New Barton Farm in Wembury. With driving winds and rain throughout the week, there was some trepidation as the weekend arrived, but the calm this time came after the storm, as the sun came out, and stayed out, all day long... (more...)

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Yesterday the South West Coast Path was named best Coast Path in the annual Coast Magazine awards, and as rangers, we put a huge amount of time and effort into maintaining and managing the 30miles of this National Trail which pass through the National Trust South Devon Countryside estate. You probably consider this to be quite an enviable role (well I can't deny that it isn't!!) but at the same time,we are an island nation and so often indirect conflict with the seas and natural coastal processes. Whilst our seas possess extreme beauty they are also a source of huge power and of great erosive...

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Easter holidays and great weather brought visitors flocking to the coast to take in the scenery and sunshine on our beaches, to walk the South West Coast Path, and those slightly braver took to the water. This gave the car park team a great start to the new season ... (more...)

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So there’s a bit of a short turnaround on this one, but we are looking for a Seasonal Car Park Ranger for Mill Bay for the 2012 season. Mill Bay is the National Trust car park over in East Portlemouth, so all in not a bad location to work for the summer months. During the season Mill Bay on the East Portlemouth side of the Salcombe Estuary is a busy little place thanks to its great access to the local beaches of East Portlemouth and out onto the South West Coast Path towards Prawle.
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200 children, 8 schools, 10 days and 2 National Trust Rangers… Over the past fortnight the National Trust sites of Bolberry Down and Wembury Point were host to our first ever school activity weeks. These weeks have been a new approach to education work for the Trust’s South Devon Countryside team as Ranger Marc Hoskins explains ‘We are consistently in high demand from schools for our Guardianship scheme and it can be difficult to sometimes work with all of those who approach us. With this is mind we sought to change how we work with schools with a fortnight of educational activity spread...

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After a relaxing New Year, we are glad to be back at work and are looking forward to progressing with the exciting projects that we have planned for 2012. Starting as Countryside Intern in the middle of January, I am the newest addition to the National Trust South Devon team and as part of my new role, Simon has passed the writting and editing of the Salcombe newsletter to me!! I guess only time will tell whether this was a wise move!! (more...)

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