The summer holidays got off to a ‘flying’ start for local youngsters when EDDC’s Countryside Team joined other local organisations with a rural theme at the annual Natural Seaton Festival.
The event was organised by the Seaton Visitor Centre Trust to celebrate the geological and ecological wealth of the town.
The first EDDC Countryside event of the weekend was Meet the Bats led by Fiona Mathews, Senior Lecturer in Mammalian Biology at Exeter University. Eleven of our 15 native species of bat have been recorded on the Axe Estuary Wetlands in Seaton, and electronic bat...
East Devon’s own Axe Estuary Wetlands are set to feature on popular BBC One programme Countryfile this weekend.
East Devon District Council’s Countryside team recently welcomed presenters Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury to the Wetlands as they filmed a series of stories about the area.
The programme is set to be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday 17 March at 6:30pm.
During their visit to East Devon on Friday 1 March, cameras caught up with the Axe Estuary Ringing Group, who were ringing birds following cannon netting at dawn; looked at salinity monitoring and control of...
Join us on this Saturday when Andy, the farmer , will take you on a guided walk with a special focus on the old Teign Valley Railway line , which ran through the farm until 1958, and the natural springs which have supplied the parish of Ide.
Leaving from the farm yard promptly at 10am we'll follow the farm trail for a short while before heading over to see the springs, one of Ide's hidden treasures.
Along the way enjoy the sights and sounds of the farm's autumn wildlife, as well as Andy's informative tales from a number fo decades tending the local land.
