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Sixty breeding pairs of the rare cirl bunting have been recorded between Bolt Head and Bolberry Down on land owned by the National Trust in the South Hams. The 33% increase to sixty pairs, from forty in previous years, is the highest count of the small birds in the area since recording began in 2012. The area is one of the most important sites for cirl buntings in the UK, which are currently...

‘The Box on The Box’, an initiative set up during the first lockdown last year to prevent isolation among the elderly through screening archive film footage directly into care homes, IS appealing for votes after reaching the finals of the National Lottery Awards 2021 ‘Project of the Year’.

The project beat off stiff competition from more than 1,500 organisations to reach the public...

As the hugely successful Moor Otters Arts Trail draws to a close, Dartmoor National Park has today thanked everyone for getting involved. The Moor Otters Arts Trail returned to Dartmoor for the second time and thousands of people got involved with supporting the sculpture trail which raises vital funds for conservation work in the National Park. People now have the opportunity to give an...

Burgh Island Estate has announced development plans which will increase the number of guest rooms at the iconic Burgh Island Hotel by 50%, as well as improving staff accommodation and renovating the historic Pilchard Inn pub, which also forms part of the estate on the private island off the Devon coastline.

Expansion plans are supported by the robust demand which the hotel has...