Devon community woodland project aims to create ‘lasting legacy’

Woods at Wembury will expand by 84 hectares with additional 90,000 trees along with hedgerows and banks full of wildlife

Within a few decades, if all goes well, swathes of oaks and other native British trees will tumble down the banks of the River Yealm in Devon and provide a home to owls, woodcocks, hares and butterflies as part of a new community woodland project.

There will also be an orchard planted in a place known to be favoured by bats and an area of wood pasture - a more open landscape of flower-rich meadows where animals can graze and shelter around trees and shrubs.