Dig out your wellies for a fact-finding mud walk along the Exe Estuary led by East Devon District Council’s Countryside Rangers on Saturday June 20.
You’ll discover all about the creatures that make their homes in and on the mud and, what’s more, the event is free and open to all.
Education Ranger Penny Evans said: “We will be searching for shells, digging for worms and fishing in the creek to see what we can find there – it’s great fun for all ages.
She added: “Wear wellies or old shoes that you don’t mind getting wet, and suitable outdoor clothing.”
Starting Saturday 9 May, visitors to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) will be treated to a new exhibition featuring historic scenes of Exeter canal and the Exe.
First constructed in the 1560s, Exeter’s canal system has been extended and upgraded over the centuries. Now used primarily by leisure craft, the city waterways were once vital to the regional economy. The decline of the West Country wool trade and the arrival of the railways in the 19th century led to a reduction in use. However, sizeable cargoes were still brought up to the quayside even...
A new flood defence scheme for Exeter has been given a major boost - a £3 million cash injection from Exeter City Council.
The City Council has put its "money where its mouth is" and handed over a £3 million cheque to the Environment Agency as its contribution to the £30 million scheme.
Work has already begun on the multi-million pound scheme, with the aim to complete the work by late 2017.
Once finished, the scheme will reduce flood risk to over 3,000 residential and commercial properties in the city.
Cllr Rachel Sutton, Lead Councillor for City Development...
A 56-year-old man whose body was found in the River Exe on Saturday morning has been named locally as Kevin Osmond. Although not yet named by police, tributes for Mr Osmond were posted on facebook yesterday evening. Local man Steve Power dedicated a photograph to Mr Osmond with a message of condolence. Mr Power writes: “After hearing the sad news that a body had been found in the Exe yesterday, today it transpires that the man was someone I and many others from the Exwick area knew well. “He used to live next door to me for a while and would drink in my local pub the Thatched House in...
A man was last night admitted to hospital after being rescued from the River Exe.
The fire service were called to the incident after recieving a call from a member of the public reporting that a male had gone into the River Exe near the Port Royal Inn in Exeter.
Appliances are believed to have arrived at the scene at just after 6.30pm on Friday ( 25th January) evening.
One fire appliance from Exeter Middlemoor, one from Exeter Danes Castle, one from Exmouth with the boat and the Specialist Rescue Team were mobilised to the incident.
An informal evening 'Exe-pedition’ (pun intended) River Exe and canal, exploring wildlife between the DWT Headquarters at Cricklepit Mill to the amazing wetland at the Old Sludge Beds DWT nature reserve further down the river.
The whole round trip is six miles long so please bring torches and bat detectors for the dusk return leg and binoculars if you have them.
The Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat George Bearman was tasked at 6.17pm on Wednesday (20 February) by Brixham coastguard to rescue two men in the river Exe.
The casualties had jumped onto a moored yacht as their dinghy sank in difficult sailing conditions.
The charity’s three-man volunteer crew launched as darkness fell and winds were gusting force six, during an ebb tide. The team’s trained navigation skills were tested as the emergency call gave only details of the location, near Cockwood harbour.
The two men had been attempting to reach a speedboat moored on the...
At about noon today, Tuesday 12th February 2013, emergency services were called to the River Exe near to the Tally Ho! where a group of kayakers are reported to have found a body.
