Dartmoor National Park is a stronghold for the cuckoo which has suffered a huge decline in the UK in recent years. Earlier in the year we asked you to help us by letting us know when and where you have heard a cuckoo on Dartmoor. This is so we can build up a better picture of their movements and perhaps begin to understand what is causing this national decline.
So far this year we have gathered over 1,000 records on Dartmoor alone, with nearly 200 more for the rest of Devon. However, this amazing number of records doesn’t mean that there are over 1,000 cuckoos in Dartmoor National...
Poetry and literature readings and visiting authors staged in the wonderful countryside around the pretty old stannary town of Chagford on Dartmoor - just a few miles from Exeter.
An illustrated presentation on the wildlife of Dartmoor by Brian Maddock, naturalist and Dartmoor National Park Walks Guide organised by Bovey Tracey DWT Local Group.
