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Welcome to the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths blog site. We hope you enjoy the chance to tell us what you feel about the Heaths.

Maybe you have spotted a rare species of bird, insect or plant on the Heaths that you would like to share with others – you can even post your photos on here. Maybe you would like some advice about where you can ride, walk or cycle. Or maybe you’d just like to chat with others who find The East Devon Pebblebed Heaths an equally wonderful and stimulating place to be.

Please forward any specific queries to our Heaths Warden, Bungy Williams, who will be delighted to answer your questions about life on the Heaths, or welcome any suggestions you may have. Bungy Williams will be mediating this site so any unrelated comments will be disregarded.

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    • Woodbury Castle Update
    • Written by Bungy Williams
    • Friday, April 03, 2009 at 3:50 PM
    • Woodbury Castle Phase One Restoration Project The trust along with Natural England English Heritage and Devon Archaeology has drawn up plans to enhance Woodbury Castle Hill Fort. Woodbury Castle is not a medieval castle but a prehistoric hillfort. and is included on the Schedule of Ancient Monuments as D.V.61 It is sighted at the highest point on the East Devon Pebblebeds Heath (S.S.S.I.,S.P.A.,S.A.C.,)It has two of the honey pot car parks and for that reason is the most
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    • Scrub Clearance
    • Written by Bungy Williams
    • Friday, November 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM
    • We are now moving our scrub clearance to the area of the common known as Hawkerland.Grid SY 062895. It is amazing how the self seeding of pine is affecting this area.You can see the progression from the large pines creeping out over the heaths getting smaller and smaller.If we leave these trees we will find that this area will lose its special heathland habitat.If walking this area beware of tractors and chainsaws being used to clear this area.
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    • Winter work 07-08
    • Written by Bungy Williams
    • Monday, September 01, 2008 at 12:6 PM
    • The winter work has been completed ,scrub and a small plantation has been cleared on Colatan Raleigh common.We have also carried out swailing(burning the commons).This we hope will give us a mosaic of heathland habitats.we have also clered areas of high European gorse and have srayed off the regeneration in hope the we can get some more heather species .
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East Devon Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust, c/o Rolle Estate Office, Oak Hill, East Budleigh, East Devon, EX9 7DP
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