Volunteering

We are delighted that throughout the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty members of the community are helping us to make and keep the area special for generations to come. We’d [...]

Who knew 'dog vomit slime mold' was a thing?! In his summer update Rob Greenhalgh, our local Forestry England Community Ranger, explores some the fascinating wildlife in our local woodland, and [...]

Do you live in the Devon part of the Blackdown Hills AONB? Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project is looking for people to help detect bats in their garden or land.

We are delighted to announce that an exciting new project, Discovering Dunkeswell Abbey, is to get underway thanks to National Lottery funding.

The Forestry England looks after several sites around the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including

The Blackdown Hills Repair Café has been nominated for the People's Choice Award at the Recycle Devon Thank You Awards on 22nd March.

As part of Blackdown Hills AONB’s Culm Community Crayfish project, volunteers have been helping us to survey the River Culm to gather important information about the native white-clawed crayfish, [...]

Sarah Marsh, volunteer project assistant with the Culm Community Crayfish project, has been getting valuable experience in the environment sector, while on volunteer placement with Blackdown [...]

A previously unloved corner of a Honiton carpark has been transformed into a vibrant wildlife garden thanks to local volunteers.

I’ve been enjoying volunteering with the Nature and Wellbeing project in the Blackdown Hills AONB since Summer 2017. This article is about my time spent with a group from the Watch project based [...]