This is the final day of East Devon Heath Week - so join us to experience this heathland wonderland.
Aylesbeare is full of colourful creatures on the wing, we have more butterflies and damselfly than any other RSPB reserve - impressive! Join our guides to step into this world as we go on a hunt for these stunning insects.
Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Friday 29 July 6.30 am-9 am Price: Adult £7, child £5 (payable on the day)
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Set your alarm clock to experience the heath awakening and all the magic unfolding. Join us for BBQ breakfast on the heath afterwards. (Veggie options available.)
Encounter the iconic Dartford warbler , insects, reptiles and other birds.
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Meet Point: reserve car park at Joney’s Cross, on the A3052 (SY058898). With kind permission of Clinton Devon Estates.
All ages learn circus skills and making birdfeeders with East Devon Community Development and Countryside
Two of East Devon District Council’s services – Community Development and Countryside – joined forces recently for a fun activities based event involving circus skills and bird-feeder making for the local community in Jerrard Close, Honiton.
At least five families, including grandparents and teenagers, attended the event, which was voted a great success with lashings of refreshments including delicious cakes and a terrific community atmosphere.
Thursday 28 July 10 am-noon or 2 pm-4 pm Price: Free, donations welcomed.
Booking essential A fascinating and rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of this working quarry with Aggregate Industries, Clinton Devon Estates and the RSPB to discover more about these sites and future plans to recreate heathland habitats once quarrying has ceased.
A choice of times: 10 am-12 noon 2 pm-4 pm Booking essential. Click here to bookvia Eventbrite. Meet point: Blackhill Quarry near Woodbury (SY 028 859), meet in the small car park opposite Blackhill Quarry Entrance.
Urban birds are less afraid of litter than their country cousins according to a new study co-authored by a University of Exeter academic.
The research, which highlights one way in which birds adjust to urban settings and published in the journal Animal Behaviour, shows that corvids - the family of birds which includes crows, ravens and magpies - are more likely to show fear in relation to unfamiliar objects than other birds.
However, if they and other bird species have previously encountered similar objects they are able to overcome some of their fear.
