A great Talk from Stephen Powles! On Friday 17th April, we had a lovely Talk on Otters given by Stephen Powles. Formerly a Vet, Stephen changed career to pursue a lifelong passion for wildlife, wildlife photography, filming and conservation. He gave us an insight into the secretive lives of otters, illustrated with wonderful photos that he had taken over the years. Stephen introduced us to “Hammer Scar”, a female that lived on the stream below his home in Tiverton. He observed, photographed...

The first of 4 Barn Owl nest boxes being put up! Following our 2025 fund-raising, we have purchased 4 Barn Owl nest boxes. Local land-owners and farmers have given permission for them to be put up on their land, so now we wait to see if our local Barn Owls like them! Our grateful thanks go to Adrian State from Oxfordshire's Owl Project for making the boxes and siting them for us. Adrian is licenced to check nest boxes in the breeding season, so he will be monitoring them and we will keep...

The Common Toad - a wonderfully charming amphibian with ‘warty’ skin and waddling gait- is thought to be experiencing declines in the UK, in some cases caused by the effect of road traffic as toads travel slowly back to breeding ponds, often used for generations. We asked for volunteers to help man a Toad crossing in Todenham for occasional evenings between February and the end of March. As "Toads on Roads" volunteers, we were part of a national campaign co-ordinated by the national wildlife...