*Wildlife Education & Experience *Books *Places to Stay/ Holidays *Green Events *Community Links *

Wildlife Education & Experience

WILD BADGER MAGIC A rare opportunity to watch wild badgers as they go about their nightly lives. From the very edge of their natural set observe these secretive and fascinating animals, above and below ground, from the comfort of our purpose built hide. Devon Badger Watch Just five miles north of Tiverton For further information and bookings Telephone 01398 3511506 www.devonbadgerwatch.co.uk

Environmental Arts and Crafts - Foundation Degree Course
Bicton College and the University of Plymouth are offering a course (full or part-time, for mature students/school leavers) that will give you the opportunity to:

• Learn traditional skills working with natural materials such as willow, cob, stone and greenwood.
• Work with communities and encourage involvement in environmental art projects
• Explore the natural world and British wildlife
• Follow your creative instincts to develop artworks in a range of habitats and landscapes
• Top up to an honours degree in one year at Plymouth University

Course could lead to working with conservation organisations, in community work, environmental education, or as a self-employed artist.
For further details phone - 01395 562400, write - Bicton College, East Budleigh, Devon EX9 7BY, or visit our website: www.bicton.ac.uk

Books

Fallow Deer - a 36 page booklet lavishly illustrated with colour photos of fallow deer . Today there are over 100,000 fallow deer living wild in Britain. This book details much of their social life and behaviour together with facts on their biology and ecology.
Jochen Langbein & Norma Chapman (2004): Mammal Society/ British Deer Society
'Fallow Deer' costs £3.50 - available from the Mammal Society - Tel: 020 7350 2200 or email: sales@mammal.org.uk

Places to stay/ Holidays

Cornwall
2 bedroom apartment for holiday let in picturesque fishing village of Porthleven, SW Cornwall. Stunning cliff walks and scenery nearby, also the lovely Penrose estate woods and Loe Pool, a freshwater lake separated from the sea by a sandbar. Lots of local wildlife interest including plants, birds - includng Cornwall's choughs - back in the county again after an absence of 50 years - and other attractions.
Enquiries: Tel - 01326 574816, email: aliround@yahoo.co.uk

Green Events

Devon
For listings on a wide range of green events, courses and services throughout Devon and SW England visit www.greenevents.co.uk or look out for the 'Green Events' leaflet in various outlets across Devon.

Community Links

Devon
The beehive is local website devoted to South Devon area community groups including a wide range of useful links. Visit their website at www.beehive.thisissouthdevon.co.uk