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Bex (RebeccaComms)

@rebeccabroad.com

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Writer, Devon Wildlife Trust Trustee, non-exec director, freelance comms person 🌿 BSc Bio, Exeter alumna. Chatting nature, equality, charity comms, VAWG, governance etc

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/11/2025

THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND FROM FIVE FISH

The River Torridge is one of the main catchments where our Northern Devon Natural
Solutions project has focussed its work.
So it's very encouraging to hear of the success of a local initiative which is boosting salmon populations in the river. Volunteers from the Torridge Rivers Association have established a hatchery where they are now raising young fish which in coming years should help salmon recover after decades of falling numbers.
Last December five adult female salmon, known as hens, were caught during their migration up the river. Their fertilised eggs were then stored in tanks and left to develop. One of the greatest obstacles to successful salmon spawning and egg hatching is the absence of clean unpolluted river water and clean gravels free from a covering of sediment. The tanks provided the ideal conditions - largely free of pollution and with predators absent. In January the eggs began to hatch and the baby fish, known as alevin, were fed and allowed to grow.
Then in spring came the moment of release. Volunteers were able to put out a grand total of 33.000 young salmon into areas of the river where the conditions are known to be most favourable.
In a few years - all going well - some of these fish will make their journey to the sea where they will mature, before returning as adults to their 'home' river, the Torridge.
There they will breed and begin the lifecycle once more.

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 08/10/2025

Every year I feel sad about summer's passing And every year I fall in love with autumn all over again

Purple clouds with pink underneaths streak across a light blue sky. Some building outlines visible, clouds reflected in a bus window.

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 28/04/2025

The swifts are back in Exeter! 28 April 😎

A very blue sky with wispy white clouds. Some terraced houses' roofs are just visible at the bottom.

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 11/03/2025

Ah, West Wales. Clear skies, endless beaches, squeaky choughs and oystercatchers and buzzards

A beach at sunset, taken near where the water is lapping at the sand. Tide is out, so the sand is wet and reflecting the pink clouds above. A headland is visible in the background.

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 16/02/2025

Plenty of Brent geese nibbling along Sandy Bay (around from Devon’s Orcombe Point) #BrantaBernicla

Small geese on rocks in front of a stormy sea, a coastline just visible in the background

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 17/01/2025

I'm enjoying spying signs of life in between the grey days

Yellowey green buds on a bare branch with some housing in the background

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 20/12/2024

Working in comms & social media can make it extra challenging to have a long stretch offline, but in the tenth year of my business I’ve got the process down. So this is me signing off for the year. Catch you ~6 Jan, 2025!

Weak winter sun shining through dark clouds over Exeter Quay, looking downstream from opposite Topsham Brewery. The water is glassy and the sky and its reflection has some orangey streaks in it.

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 12/12/2024

On my second migraine in six days. Wishing back the calm and sunny skies and the time to walk beneath them.

The blue sky between two trees in a park, rows of houses in the background

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 06/12/2024

I struggle to leave the house sometimes, so have started scheduling things for earlier in the morning. 8am haircut got me walking the streets of Exeter as the sun rose. A good decision.

A rippled cloudy sky at sunrise, with orange bands between buildings and trees

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 04/12/2024

Still thinking about how awesome last weekend was at the Digital Marketing Union retreat. Some of the best minds across SEO, content, PPC, e-commerce, webdev, advertising, link building. And what was extra lovely is that most discussions had nothing to do with marketing. We just hung out.

A big group of people, all digital marketers, posing behind a table and in front of an interior wall of a converted barn.

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 03/12/2024

I so rarely find myself on Exeter’s high street but was pleasantly surprised this evening by how sparkly and light it was

Looking down Exeter high street with banners of lights across the road, some trees with leaves on, and a sunset in the background

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 03/12/2024

The tree is up. Earliest ever. No regrets, never delay joy, etc

A close up of two ornaments hanging from a tree — one is a wooden bauble, another is a badger

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 27/11/2024

Me too, I’d love to know how they work it out! That Japan approach is interesting. It’d be a dilemma for people who can’t afford driveways, but do need a car. I’d also love to see more guidance around suitability of cars for city centres. These two are so unnecessarily large!

A very long silver car and one large black pickup truck car span four houses

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 24/11/2024

I’m usually a stickler for restricting anything Christmassy to December, but this year I’ve already happily indulged in lebkuchen, sparkly nail varnish and, today, the jumper ✨

A selfie of the poster, a white woman in her late twenties with brown curly hair, wearing a grey sweatshirt with mistletoe embroidered on in shiny green and white thread

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 21/11/2024

I cannot explain how happy the snow in Exeter made me feel today. Spent hours just wandering around, watching birds, photographing leaves, enjoying the sun on my face and the crunch beneath my boots.

A red leaf lies in half melted snow, with other leaves in the background

A robin sits on a branch. Other branches are visible, some with snow on, and the sky is blue behind.

Bird footprints in the snow on a wooden bench

A yellow leaf resting on its side in the snow, with the sun behind, illuminating its green veins

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 19/11/2024

Hugely grateful to our Devon Wildlife Trust membership for re-electing me as a trustee. I'm excited to see what I can get done in this final year! Thank you @roseoneill.bsky.social for a fascinating talk following the formal business 💚

A photo of a Macbook Air using Zoom, with a slide saying 'Devon Wildlife Trust AGM 2024'

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Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com · 17/11/2024

I mostly left The Other Site a few months ago... but hadn't made it here. Hello! Expect words about and photos of nature, Devon, and freelance life. I'm a copywriter, wildlife charity trustee, non-exec director, marketing consultant, community manager, migraineur, Exeter alumna, and plenty else.

A green fern shines brightly in direct sunlight, with a Dartmoor forest in the background

A sunset view between terraced houses in Exeter, fading from yellow at the bottom, to blue, pink, purple

Looking down on a pair of orange corduroy trousers and green boots on a stony beach (Teignmouth)

A half pint of cider and a full pint of lager on a table in a cosy looking pub (The Hourglass, in Exeter)

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