Hawk and Owl Trust: Conservationists help give owls a home

Conservationists are helping the owls of Exmoor by providing 50 new nestboxes around the National Park. Thanks to a grant from the Exmoor National Park Sustainable Development Fund the Hawk and Owl Trust has been able to acquire enough wood to build 50 boxes which have been assembled by local volunteers in 2 workshops. Hawk and Owl Trust South West [...]

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Exmoor’s Otter Resurgence

by Michelle Werrett For otters, simply trying to see them is an inappropriate, a too human approach. To trace the movements of otters it is necessary to revert to more primeval methods. They must be tracked by their spoor: by wading thigh deep in a fast-flowing river or creeping, bent double, under a low-arched bridge to reach a [...]

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