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We reached 100 pledges!!!

We are aiming to reach 300 pledges on our Pledge Map by the end of this year can you invite your friends and family to help us achieve that target!?

From bug hotels, to tree planting, letting a corner go wild to putting up bird boxes every action helps to make our local area more connected for wildlife. As a reminder our current seasonal activities are: create a wildflower meadow, garden for insects, learn 10 new wildflowers and care for a space. Complete our Create a Pledge Form

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We started Nature Natters!

Short video sessions where we meet people and projects from the North Devon Biosphere who are taking action for nature, find out more here.

We hope these videos inspire you to think about what you can do for nature, we will try to provide information on the projects and how you can get involved.

Our first guest was Dr Mike Moser talking about the amazing nature that exists in the North Devon Biosphere and what we can do to address the threats that nature is facing.

In episode 2 we met Lizz the postcode gardener for Bideford's Little Green Town who talked about the amazing community project and how you can garden more wildlife friendly.

In June we are speaking to Claire from Plastic Free North Devon!

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Image Competition

Thank you for all of your entries! The competition closed on Sunday 31st May, the photos are now on the Pledge for Nature Facebook group, please vote for your favourites by liking the photo and we will announce the winners on 30th June (more info about the competition page here).

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Your PledGes

Nick Withers shared some amazing photos of his wild patch and visitors to his garden (join the Pledge for Nature Facebook group to share your photos):

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We've seen many people taking part in PlantLife's noMowMay which is great way of leaving some flowers for the bees and butterflies even if it's just a small patch of your lawn.

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The United Nations proclaimed 22nd May The International Day for Biological Diversity to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. Find out more HERE. We have many amazing habitats and rare species in the North Devon Biosphere, to find out more about these habitats visit our technical site here.

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Things to look out for in June

• The Wildlife Trust are running #30DaysWild with inspiration every day on how you can appreciate, have fun and enjoy nature (16/17th June is the Big Wild Weekend).
• On Friday 5th June it is World Environment Day and the theme is biodiversity. Tag your actions on social media with #FORNATURE
• North Devon Council in partnership with Plastic Free North Devon have just launched their 'Visualization survey' which is all about how we imagine the 'new normal' post the effects of Covid-19, take part in the survey here
• Fledglings!: You may have already seen some baby birds starting to leave the nest, please leave them alone and watch from a distance, as the parents are usually nearby and will still be feeding the bird. Never try to return a bird to the nest as this may disturb the other young birds and may be illegal. If a fledgling is in immediate danger, place it in a sheltered spot a short distance away.
• The Devon House Martin Project need help in a “Citizens’ Science” exercise to try and establish the reasons why House Martins across Devon are in serious decline! Submit your sightings on their website.
• Quince Honey Farm are looking for volunteers in the first two weeks of June to help with getting their gardens ready for reopening see their Facebook post here.
• Keep us updated with the progression of your wildflower patches #pledgefornature #northdevonbiosphere

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