Hog's Wood

17/06/2026

This week we re-visit the Devon Banks with Jim to help us gain a better understanding of how dead wood can actually be beneficial to the natural eco system.🪾

A single Devon hedge can support up to 2000 species of plants, fungi and animals - devonhedges.org 🌱

14/06/2026

Malcolm in Northfield Rd has been surveying the moths and butterflies of Hogs Wood for a long time. Earlier this week he posted this:
Very rare butterfly spotted at Hogs Wood Okehampton. Large Tortoiseshell butterfly, declared extinot in the 1960s, 70s. In recent years has started to colonise the southern England. This year Butterfly conservation declared it resident again as it was recorded from Cornwall to Kent'.

Its brilliant Hogs Wood is a place which supports this butterfly - more info here.
https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/large-tortoiseshell

10/06/2026

For this weeks instalment we continue with Matt talking us through how vital the habitat in Hog's Wood is for all it's creatures especially Dormice! 🐭

09/06/2026

If you’ve not already expressed interest in support Hog’s Wood become an Asset of Community Value, please complete the form 👉 https://forms.gle/FjyYAiJJaSuC3UVF6

and do join us on our WhatsApp group 👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/BWgxZz30Vx21dEYdTPNQZs?mode=gi_t

Please add your details below if you're willing to become a member fo Hog's Wood (Wonnacott's Meadow) in order to facilitate nominating it as an Asset of Community Value. We need at least 21 named members to submit to West Devon Borough Council for their consideration. Please note, you must be local...

03/06/2026

Today we welcome Matt from Wild Oke🌳

Matt has been tracking the wildlife in Hog's Wood and in todays video, he talks us through the nesting boxes used for Dormice monitoring 🐭

⚠️Please do NOT touch Dormice monitoring equipment. Dormice are a protected species and a licence is required to monitor them⚠️

27/05/2026

Hope everyone is enjoying this sunny week! ☀️

In todays video Jim talks us through some of the features of the Devon Banks in Hog's Wood, left over from the days of the historic Burbage plots. 🌳

This video was filmed in spring just as the trees were coming to life!

23/05/2026

Friends of Hog's Wood, we need your help!

We have been made aware of a process whereby land can be nominated to the local council for consideration as an Asset of Community Value. This means that if the land were to be leased or sold, the group then has the right to bid for the asset.

To be placed on the register of Assets of Community Value at West Devon Borough Council (WDBC), it needs to be considered to: further the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community

There need to be nominations from 21 people who live locally and are happy to be considered as part of the Hogs Wood Group. There is no legal liability from being a signatory. If you would like to put your name forward to be a signatory please complete this form or click the button below and we’ll be in touch.

Please add your details below if you're willing to become a member fo Hog's Wood (Wonnacott's Meadow) in order to facilitate nominating it as an Asset of Community Value. We need at least 21 named members to submit to West Devon Borough Council for their consideration. Please note, you must be local...

20/05/2026

🌳Community Nature Watch 🐦

Fiona has been catching birdsong in Hogs Wood since living nearby.
'I've heard a greater diversity of birds in Hogs Wood than other local spaces I go. What's so unusual about Hogs Wood is the type of bird - like the Willow Warbler. They're not heard everywhere and designated wildlife sites will note them on their website if they're heard. It's also the density of birds and number of species in a very short time. This is all exceptional compared with other similar habitats in this area. We're so lucky to have this on our doorstep'.

Fiona uses the Merlin app to help identify the birdsong which included these on a visit in April:🐦‍⬛
House Sparrow, Great Tit, Blackbird, Goldcrest, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Starling, Song Thrush, Collared Dove, Black Cap, Dunnock, Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff and Carrion Crow. 🪺

19/05/2026

Our next video from our short Hog's Wood series comes from Jim, a neighbour of Hog's Wood and Woodland Manager by trade sharing his knowledge with us all!