wildlife

2nd Hand Bird Book Sale

Event Date: 
18/04/2014 - 9:00am
Venue: 
RSPB Shop, Darts Farm, Topsham

We've been donated a huge selection of second-hand bird books, covering all areas of the world. Some of them are quite common, some of them are really rare, so come along and have a browse - prices range from £1 to £100!

All profits go to our fantastic conservation projects.

Free Family Farm Walks

Event Date: 
26/04/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
RSPB Shop, Darts Farm, Topsham

Join us on a wildlife wander around Darts Farm. We’ll look for kingfishers, buzzards and all sorts of other exciting wildlife. Keep the kids entertained with our funky nature bingo game.

We'll also have our fabulous Nature Bingo Game to keep the kids entertained - and probably the adults, too!

Meet outside Cotswold Outdoor or drop in to the RSPB shop. Special RSPB shop offers included.

Free Family Farm Walks

Event Date: 
19/04/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
RSPB Shop, Darts Farm, Topsham

Join us on a wildlife wander around Darts Farm. We’ll look for kingfishers, buzzards and all sorts of other exciting wildlife. Keep the kids entertained with our funky nature bingo game.

We'll also have our fabulous Nature Bingo Game to keep the kids entertained - and probably the adults, too!

Meet outside Cotswold Outdoor or drop in to the RSPB shop. Special RSPB shop offers included.

Free Family Farm Walks

Event Date: 
12/04/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
RSPB Shop, Darts Farm, Topsham

Join us on a wildlife wander around Darts Farm. We’ll look for kingfishers, buzzards and all sorts of other exciting wildlife. Keep the kids entertained with our funky nature bingo game.

We'll also have our fabulous Nature Bingo Game to keep the kids entertained - and probably the adults, too!

Meet outside Cotswold Outdoor or drop in to the RSPB shop. Special RSPB shop offers included.

Free Fab Fun Friday Family Walks

Event Date: 
25/04/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RSPB Shop, Darts Farm, Topsham

Come and find out more about wildlife on your doorstep. We'll meet at the RSPB shop at Darts Farm and then head out to our Exe Estuary nature reserves, looking for all manner of wildlife as we go - kingfishers, swallows and who knows? Maybe even an otter...!

We'll also have our fabulous Nature Bingo Game to keep the kids entertained - and probably the adults, too!

Free Fab Fun Friday Family Walks

Event Date: 
18/04/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RSPB Shop, Darts Farm, Topsham

Come and find out more about wildlife on your doorstep. We'll meet at the RSPB shop at Darts Farm and then head out to our Exe Estuary nature reserves, looking for all manner of wildlife as we go - kingfishers, swallows and who knows? Maybe even an otter...!

We'll also have our fabulous Nature Bingo Game to keep the kids entertained - and probably the adults, too!

Free Fab Fun Friday Walks

Event Date: 
11/04/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RSPB Shop Darts Farm, Topsham

Come and find out more about wildlife on your doorstep. We'll meet at the RSPB shop at Darts Farm and then head out to our Exe Estuary nature reserves, looking for all manner of wildlife as we go - kingfishers, swallows and who knows? Maybe even an otter...!

We'll also have our fabulous Nature Bingo Game to keep the kids entertained - and probably the adults, too!

Doug Allan: In the Company of Giants

Event Date: 
27/04/2014 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, EXETER. EX1 1BW

Sunday 27 April

What’s it like to face a hungry Polar Bear and its cubs as they emerge from their den?

Or to swim eye to eye with an enormous Southern Right Whale?

How does it feel to be stalked by Killer Whales in the Straits of Gibraltar?

Multi-award winning cameraman Doug Allan (Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Ocean Giants, Wild Cameramen at Work) presents an unforgettable evening of extraordinary animal adventures and unique wildlife film footage. Ask Doug questions about his encounters and travels, and discover what it’s like to be up close and personal with...

Rare frog found after three year search

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Tue, 03/18/2014 - 10:00am

A Devon conservation charity has found a rare African frog after a painstaking search lasting three years.

The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, carries out fieldwork with rare amphibians in the mountains of Eastern Tanzania.

The work is funded by zoo visitors and supporters and carried out with the charity’s partners, Manchester Metropolitan University and Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy.

The two Kihanga reed frogs – one male and one female – were found and photographed by Elena...

Devon’s wildlife winners and losers

Devon’s wild beauty is one of the county’s greatest assets. Its environment provides us not just with amazing landscapes and wildlife but with food, fuel, pollination, flood control and great recreational and business opportunities. It is therefore important that we know how our environment is faring.

These are some of the major conclusions of a newly released ‘stock-check’ on the county’s priority species and the habitats in which they live.

The report called The State of Devon’s Nature, is being launched this Friday (7 March 2014) at a special one-day conference in...

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