Added: 26th January 2012
In November 2011 Devon Biodiversity Records Centre (DBRC) received a record of more than 30 fruiting Clathrus archeri (also known as Devil’s fingers or octopus stinkhorn) on Dartmoor. This introduced fungus originates from Australia and New Zealand. It forms a gelatinous ‘egg’ which erupts, revealing up to eight reddish, foul-smelling...
Added: 23rd January 2012
The latest 'Otter Spotter' newsletter is now out with details of an 'Otter spotter' meeting/training day on Saturday 25th February.
Added: 18th January 2012
Starting from today, we will be showcasing 50 of Devon's fantastic species on our website, week by week over the next year. This is inspired by our host Devon Wildlife Trust’s 50th anniversary this year. The first species to be featured is the Basking Shark, a magnificant animal seen...
Added: 20th December 2011
Jacqui, who deals with all our incoming records has just finished importing 12,896 invertebrate records onto our RECORDER database from Dr Martin Drake including many fly species. We are very grateful to Martin who is an entomological consultant for giving us these records as we do not receive many records of...
Added: 7th December 2011
This week, a leatherback turtle has been found stranded (dead) on Woolacombe beach, North Devon. Leatherback turtles are the largest of all living sea turtles in the world. They can reach up to 3m long and feed mostly on jellyfish. Most sea turtles are rare visitors to the temperate waters...
Added: 18th November 2011
The barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus) is one of Britain’s rarest bats with only a handful of colonies known. It is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan species. Recently Janice Whittington from Tarka Ecology was given a barbastelle bat which need rehabilitation. The bat, which was found near Woolacombe in north Devon...
