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Devon Culm

@devonculm.bsky.social
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Registered charity, preserving and enhancing habitats on the Culm Measures in Devon. www.devonculm.org.uk

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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is a really nice write up of our Marsh Fritillary Project www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Locals offered thousands of free wildflower plants in Devon
A drive is underway to save one of Britain's most endangered butterflies
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is a great first step. We really need to look at the whole game shooting industry.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is a great first step. We really need to look at the whole game shooting industry.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Violet Oil Beetles, found on Higher Comfort nature reserve. They like species-rich grassland and woodland edges, which are exactly the habitats we're developing on the nature reserve. They parasitise solitary bees, so are an indicator of a healthy wild bee population.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A picture of a pheasant and wording “If pheasant releases had the same Environmental Impact Assessments as beaver releases, they’d be banned.”
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
To buy the cards: www.devonculm.org.uk/cards
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Gift Cards - Devon culm
Click here to go to the cart Three artists have generously allowed us to use their art on our cards without charge. This means that all profits from the cards can go towards our work of preserving and...
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Thanks to the generosity of three very talented artists, we're able to sell these beautiful cards on our website. All proceeds go towards preserving and enhancing habitats on the Culm Measures and raising awareness of their importance.
5 cards, depicting stonechats, a marsh fritillary butterfly, willow tits, a hare and whitethroats.
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Enjoy the chilly wind over very dry, very blonde moor grass #Dartmoor
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Brilliant. Thanks!
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
It would be great to see all of them, to see the pattern of growth.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Delays in house building, due to land banking and delays by developers are a much bigger issue, but bats and birds don't lobby as effectively as house-builders do.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
We should be creating habitat, not dependency.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Fantastic! It would be even better if it mentioned that they spread avian flu to wild bird populations.
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Kiera Chapman @kierachapman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Important statement from @kentwildlife.bsky.social about the way that the government is deliberately misrepresenting what has happened at Ebbsfleet.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🦇 We are looking for Trustees who can bring fresh ideas and new perspectives and are able to join in time to stand for election at our Annual General Meeting in September 2025. More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo... Wondering what Trustees do? Read this thread where we break it down.
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Trustee - Bat Conservation Trust - Jobs / Contracts - Bat Conservation Trust
The role of Trustee is not a paid role, although travel and subsistence to attend board meetings will be covered.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Sorry to hear that Beau.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
DEFRA pulled the Sustainable Farming Incentive last night, with no notice. This will be a great loss for landowners trying to improve habitats, financial devastation for some environmental consultants and a great loss for biodiversity. Dyson and Clarkson don't care. There will be no protests.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Yet another reason to reduce fossil fuel use.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If people could see the damage to the sea bed, caused by trawling, it would be banned immediately. The only reason it has gone on so long, is that it's hidden from sight.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Nice find!
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It really has been lovely!
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We need more scientists in political positions. We need people making decisions who understand evidence based decision making.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
They're already in the wild a few miles away.
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NBN Trust: National Biodiversity Network Trust @nbntrust.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This World Wildlife Day, why not take a look at the diversity of wildlife recorded near you, via the NBN Atlas? bit.ly/NBNatlas #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2025 #NBNatlas #MakingDataWorkForNature #biodiversity #wildlife #nature
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We really need to relish every bit of good news. It helps to keep our spirits up, when dealing with the onslaught of environmental decline.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Now we just need to clean the rivers up, so they're fit for beavers to inhabit.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
A lovely view of the culm dominated landscape outside our nature reserve.
Culm grassland and woodland
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
We deleted our Twitter account a little while ago. Environmental charities shouldn't be seen to be supporting the Musk, Trump presidency.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's time to ban driven grouse shooting.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Think before every purchase and ask yourself if you could justify it to a Bangladeshi child who will either become a climate change refugee, or die.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We should be doing all of that anyway.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I'm advocating culling deer as part of good woodland management practice, as do Natural England, The Wildlife Trusts and the Forestry Commission. It is a lack of culling that has allowed the massive increase in deer numbers.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Deer numbers have risen from 400k to 2m, since the '70s. We need to eat more venison.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
They are definitely here in Devon, but they need all the help they can get, with habitat creation.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
In a sane world, everyone would be ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation’.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Fantastic. Thanks! We're doing what we can to raise awareness of culm habitats and any publicity is appreciated.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Is it possible for a small grassroots charity to be included in the list? We're just setting up our first nature reserve.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Great article! People really need to understand more about the importance of peat specifically and, more generally, soil carbon.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is our new nature reserve. www.devonculm.org.uk/higher-comfort
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Higher Comfort Nature Reserve - Devon culm
Higher Comfort Nature Reserve is situated where the Two Moors Way enters the SSSI, which is the largest area of culm grassland left in existence. It's just over a hectare in size (2.6 acres) and is De...
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Thanks Wendy! We really appreciate your support.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Fantastic! Thanks!
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is fantastic!
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I didn't know this.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I didn't know that.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Thanks, so much!!!
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We're a new charity and we just bought land to create our first nature reserve. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Devon charity opens its first reserve for culm grassland
Devon Culm is a nature-rich area of culm grassland next to Knowstone Moor and Rackenford Moor.
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Devon Culm @devonculm.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Is it possible for a small, new environmental charity to be added to the list?
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