Devon Wildlife Trust

Join us for a day of fun at our annual Bystock Day event on 27th July, with a range of activities from letterboxing, to pond dipping, and guided walks. 🦋 This event is organised as part of Heath Week. Find out more and join Bystock Day 👇 buff.ly/1WBoftu

Choose your adventure: 1️⃣ Exploring the life in our rockpools 2️⃣ Taking in the underwater world on a snorkel safari 3️⃣ Gazing out to sea to try and spot whales and dolphins Book your place at one of our events this #NationalMarineWeek👇 buff.ly/87tbxM5

On #InternationalBogDay, we're celebrating the bogs of Dartmoor. 💚 Have you got a waterlogged or boggy bit of garden? You can make it work for nature and provide a valuable habitat, find out more 👇 buff.ly/oYEY56F 📷: Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION

Here are 3 easy ways to get involved with #NationalMarineWeek! 🌊 🤿 Join an event 👉 buff.ly/87tbxM5 🐬 Donate to Save Devon's Seas 👉 buff.ly/Js3lzRG 🐟 Help us ban bottom trawling in protected areas👉 buff.ly/J5m1SKw

Have you seen any busy bees recently? 🐝 Download our free guides on how to support bees and other insects in your garden, school, and community 👇 buff.ly/OeQ8V5h #ActionForInsects 📷: Katie at DWT

This beautiful yellowhammer was spotted at Lincombe, east Devon. 💛 These striking birds are now a Red List species due to their decline in recent decades, but loss is not inevitable. Join us today to help restore Devon's wildlife 👇 buff.ly/bffJf0m 📷: Matt Boydell

If you spot a flash of blue wings in a woodland, you may have just seen a jay 🐦 These colourful crows are surprisingly shy, so they can be tricky to spot, but here there were a whole family of them! 💙 📷: Hannah at DWT

Looking for the perfect summer holiday project? Why not build a bug hotel! 🐛 41% of insect species face extinction - with the loss of habitats being a major reason - so you'll be making a real difference to local wildlife. 🐞 buff.ly/zKkA3Fd 📷: Anna Guthrie

It's #MothWeek2025 and these might be some of the most eye-catching moths you'll see in Devon! This is the six-spot burnet moth - a day-flying moth with six red spots on each forewing - which is commonly found in grasslands. 🦋 Learn more 👇 buff.ly/yTqiZ0I 📷: DWT

What’s that strange noise...? 🤔 it's the churring call of a male nightjar. Head to heathland or young conifer woodland at dusk and you might just hear one... This one was spotted at Dunsford Reserve, visit here👉 buff.ly/cb0kiu3 📸 Ian, DWT

We need to raise £18,000 to #SaveDevonsSeas and every donation makes a big difference. You'll help us work with schools, communities, and local businesses to raise awareness and build a culture of care for our marine life. 💙 Donate 👇 buff.ly/Js3lzRG 📸: Adam Jones

Although it sounds straight out of a sci-fi film, this is actually the echolocation calls of greater horseshoe bats! 👽🦇 📷: Thanks to our CEO Nick Bruce-White who captured this exciting footage in Buckfastleigh with his family

🌿 Volunteer Scythers, the Great Torrington Commons Conservators & our amazing Northern Devon Natural Solutions volunteers took on the bracken at Torrington Commons to help protect rare, species-rich acid grassland! 💪🌾 Learn more about the project 👉 buff.ly/PD8SwGP

🌼 Our Working Wetlands team is out harvesting wildflower seeds from meadows across Devon 🌾 Collected seeds help restore species-rich grasslands — vital for bees, butterflies & nature recovery 🐝 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/yPBF7ie Funded by @SouthWestWater

There’s so much to explore at Bystock Pools - with views across a lily-pad filled lake or the chance to stroll through heathland or a wildflower meadow. 🌼 Thanks to gifts in wills, we are able to protect Devon's wildlife and wild places like this one👇 buff.ly/3IqiiAz

🌟 Magical Summer Nights – Glow-Worms Spotted at Chudleigh Knighton! 🌿🐞 They may be called glow-worms, but these glowing creatures are actually beetles! In summer, adult female glow-worms shine with a soft greeny-orange light to attract a male for mating. Have you seen any?

As well as being great at fishing, goosanders are also impressive babysitters! These birds form creches, with one adult looking after several broods - which is why you can sometimes see a single adult with up to 20 chicks. 🤯 📷River Otter: Steve at DWT

An opportunity to get batty about bats in West Devon! 📍 On 30 July, join us for an evening walk and talk event in Tavistock. We'll be using bat detectors to identify several different species along the river.🦇 Sign up 👇 buff.ly/EztPlY9 📷: Tom Marshall

Did you see the Buck Moon last week? 🦌🌕 Supermoons occur when the Moon is full and closest to earth, and July's supermoon is called a Buck Moon because this is the time of year when male deer grow their full antlers! 📷: Andrew at DWT, at Manaton (East Dartmoor)

🔊 Sound on! What do you think this buzzard is saying—celebrating a successful hunt? Buzzards soar on thermals over woods, fields & even motorways, hunting rabbits, rodents & more—or scavenging carrion. 📸 Shared by a supportive landowner.