Exmoor National Park's Dark Sky Reserve praised in 'The Sun' www.thesun.co.uk/travel/36704612/best-stargazing-holidays-uk-views/

Lynton and Lynmouth celebrated in the Daily Express... www.express.co.uk/travel/artic... #exmoor #exmoornationalpark #devon

Sign up now - launch of the Exmoor National Park Management Plan 2025-2030 Feat. Julian Glover OBE, author, journalist and former Special Advisor to No.10. Open to all, advanced booking essential - find all the info and register here tinyurl.com/4mypwbxx Includes light lunch & chance to network.

Last free walking events of the season, from our Dunster Exmoor National Park Centre Dunster Outback Guided walk Meet at the Exmoor National Park Centre, Dunster (TA24 6SE) 11am on Weds 1 Oct A Walk through Dunster’s History 11am-1pm 8 Oct 2025 Find more by searching 'Exmoor Events'

Bogtastic workshop event with @exmoornp.bsky.social Free (booking tinyurl.com/bsuan7f9) White Rocks Cottage, Simonsbath, TA24 7SH next to Ashcombe Carpark Sat 4 Oct 10am – 3pm Celebrate the wild heart of Exmoor & uncover the hidden wonders beneath your feet #peatfestsouthwest #peatfest #peatfestsw

Thanks to Paul Sparks for this beautiful shot, looking east along the Exmoor Coast with Watermouth Bay in the foreground. Taken from near Widmouth Head.

Listen out for our very own ranger Charlotte on the Fun Kids Science podcast! 20 mins in... www.funkidslive.com/podcast/fun-...

A free day of fun activities for anyone who loves, nature, science or geology - free refreshments. Sign up here now if you want to join us this Saturday 4 October for an Exmoor PeatFest Bogtastic Extravaganza! 👇 tinyurl.com/bsuan7f9

Some beautiful Autumnal Exmoor pictures by the late Neville Stanikk available now on the Exmoor Commons page flickr.com/groups/exmoorcommons/ It's free-to-use imagery featuring Exmoor National Park for individuals and businesses in the national park.

1/2 Our conservation team have been sowing and growing 'Devil's bit scabious' Succisa pratensis. It provides late pollen and nectar for insects, and feeds the rare Marsh Fritillary butterfly.

Book your time-slots now for the Planetarium events coming up in Tiverton and Ilfracombe! www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/exmoor-for-everyone/stargazing-and-dark-skies/exmoor-dark-skies-festival/dark-sky-festival-events Part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival

Coming up at Exmoor National Park Centre, Lynmouth... It’s Who We Are – An exhibition of photography, Devon Air Ambulance Exhibition launch and talk 11am Saturday 11 October Exhibition runs 8-31 October More info here Data.org/who-we-are

1/3 Coming up for the budding David Attenboroughs in your life. Bogtastic Free workshop event with drinks and cake... White Rocks Cottage, Simonsbath TA24 7SH next to Ashcombe Car Park Sign up here tinyurl.com/bsuan7f9 @somersetwildlands.bsky.social @ukyouthfornature.bsky.social

Thank you so much to all the people who have made donations to help rebuild Venford Wood Footbridge, destroyed by torrential rain. Any donation, large or small, will help restore this important crossing for walkers, nature lovers, and the local community...

It's the #bigvolunteerweekend - Ian tells us why he enjoys #volunteering in our Exford tree nursery...

Ahead of the #bigvolunteerweekend here's a look into what's going on in our tree nursery with Ranger Will. Made possible by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and CareMoor for Exmoor www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/caremoor-for-exmoor #volunteer #volunteering #exmoor #exmoornationalpark

Why eating cake can help support nature, plans for Exmoor Day and could you be eligible for funding for certain projects on your land? Read more tinyurl.com/bdf4hvn5 The latest edition of 'Exmoor ParkLife' out now!

We love this newsound video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs4a... Find more great trails like this by searching 'Exmoor Walks'

Lots of activities, coming up this Saturday afternoon in Dulverton. Celebrating the homecoming of the salmon and runners with an afternoon of fun, music and festivities! When: 3:30pm - 6:30pm (approx), Saturday 20 September Where: Exmoor Lawns, Dulverton, TA22 9HL #salmon #run

Explore wild landscapes & spark curiosity; Structured and supported trips that enable young people to learn, explore and connect with nature. Pinkery Centre is perfect for school residentials! Find out more and book direct: www.ukschooltrips.co.uk/pinkery-outd... @exmoornp.bsky.social

Some great events happening today/tomorrow in Devon and Somerset - Come enjoy free Ashcombe Gardens/White Rock Cottage Heritage Open Days Simonsbath, TA24 7SH Guided walks, exhibitions, family friendly activities Fri 12 and Sat 13 Sept 10.30-16.00 Free - donations welcome to CareMoor for Exmoor

Farming in protected landscapes funding has supported organisations like Exmoor community food group, to help local people benefit from healthy lower-cost veg Got a project idea that can be delivered by March? Get in touch NOW! [email protected]

Great news that a blue plaque has been unveiled on Exmoor honouring Ada Lovelace! We are supporting a heritage woodland project to celebrate Ada and her influence on the landscape. Ada Lovelace and her husband developed one of the South West’s first arboretums in the woods towards Culbone.

Thank you to all the volunteers working hard on beach cleans like this at Greenaleigh. Please take your litter home with you and recycle responsibly.

Hedgerow Harvest Workshop Join forager & garden designer Rosie Treharne for an interactive talk and workshop Uncover culinary & medicinal treasures growing around us. Booking essential tinyurl.com/bdh7h9ze National Park Centre, Lynmouth All proceeds to @CareMoor4Exmoor

Estates Management Officer job available with Exmoor National Park Full-time, permanent position based at Exmoor House, Dulverton, Somerset (with hybrid working) more details here 👇 www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/working-with-us

Well done to Yarn Market Hotel and Westcott Farm Holiday Cottages - two of this year's winners in the @visitengland.bsky.social 2025 ROSE Awards! #roseawards #exmoor #exmoornationalpark #tourism #hospitality #economy #localbusiness #localeconomy @visitbritain.bsky.social @visitdevon.bsky.social

Estates Management Officer with @ExmoorNP.bsky.social full-time, permanent position based at Exmoor House, Dulverton, Somerset (with hybrid working) c-js.uk/45P05gU

Rediscover the art, writing & life of the remarkable Hope Bourne (1918-2010) at a new exhibition at Somerset Rural Life Museum, from 27/9. Fiercely creative & independent, Hope spent 60 years recording the Exmoor landscape. @exmoornp.bsky.social @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social #Exmoor 📷 Exmoor Society

1/2 Our ranger Charlotte spotted this Silk-Button Spangle Gall Wasp creation on the coast path Galls are growths on a plant caused by parasites-The common spangle gall wasp creates a small, disc-shaped growth/'gall' on the undersides of oak leaves which house larvae of the wasp

Congratulations to our very own and Plastic Free Exmoor's Peter Hoyland, who has been nominated for a 2025 BBC Somerset #MakeADifference Green Award 💚 You can find Peter at our Dunster National Park Centre - he is also a veritable mine of helpful and interesting local information!

Take learning beyond the classroom! Pinkery Outdoor Learning Centre exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk

Friday 12 and Saturday 13 September 10.30-16.00 Discover Ashcombe Gardens and White Rock Cottage in Simonsbath for guided walks, exhibitions and family friendly activities to learn all about the Royal forest of Exmoor and the Knight family... Free event donations to CareMoor for Exmoor welcome

Thanks to North Hayne Farm Cottages for their kind donation to support nature, heritage and public access projects as a CareMoor Business Champion. This donation comes from a percentage of their animal adoptions.

Logan our apprentice Ranger has had an amazing experience this week. Spotting a White-tailed eagle, visiting from the Isle of Wight, while out working with ornithologists & local landowners. This apprentice ranger post was funded by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social & Caremoor for Exmoor

First wild White-tailed eagle to fledge in Dorset for 240 years Watching eagles has been amazing. With such a complex habitat mosaic, the forests in Dorset are able to support a whole range of specialist and rare species. See link more eagle info & congratulations to @forestryengland.bsky.social.

2025 Salmon Run Podcast nearly ready! Features ultra runners, fisheries & sports scientists & an evolutionary biologist. Focusing on human bodies/fish bodies moving through & sensing a changing world @ultradamo.bsky.social @exmoornp.bsky.social @otolithgirl.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Exciting to see a White-tailed Eagle visiting Exmoor. These Sea Eagles have visiting our National Park for the past 5 years. Their original release site was on the Isle of Wight, where they will eventually return to breed.

Calling all young creatives to design a Dark Skies Park Protector for Exmoor! Your chance to win a Celestron telescope! Full details here www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/exmoor-for-everyone/stargazing-and-dark-skies/exmoor-dark-skies-festival/exmoor-dark-skies-festival-competition

We're #hiring a new Estates Management Officer for Exmoor National Park. Apply today or share this with your network. #jobs #countrysidejobs #interestingjobs #careermove #opportunities www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/enpa/working...

For anyone who needs the link instead of the QR code you can sign up here forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Please note: The Exmoor Hill Farming Network and the author of Exmoor Farms have had to postpone the talk to a later date in September - The free exhibiton is still running as normal at our Natinal Park Centre in Dunster - more information to follow on our page soon...

Put 20 September in your diaries! SALMON RUN 2025 will be bigger and better than ever! With all sorts of shenanigans at Sideshore Exmouth and on Exmoor Lawns at Dulverton. Run with us at Exmouth Park Run, enter a team for the relay, or go Ultra - all 43 miles of it! Volunteers also needed!

Hedgerow Harvest event coming up - How to use our Berries and Native Plants Join forager and herbalist Rosie Treharne for an immersive two-hour interactive talk and workshop. More info lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/25xgb...

Very lucky to be at #PorlockMarsh in #Somerset at high tide and sunset on Saturday. The salt marsh floods when the tides are particularly high and sometimes that coincides with sunset or sunrise. Gorgeous. #PorlockMarshes #Exmoor #ExmoorNationalPark #Sunset #photography @exmoornp.bsky.social

Coming up for the budding David Attenboroughs in your life... Free event with lunch at our Pinkery Centre for Outdoor Learning Funded by The National Lottery @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and CareMoor for Exmoor #ThingsToDoWithKids #ecology #naturelovers @artandenergycic.bsky.social

A huge thank you to Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service for bringing the fire yesterday in Culver Cliff Woods near North Hill under control, and a thank you to our field services team for assisting. With the dry weather we have recently been having, please take extra care to prevent fire risk

Save the Date: Salmon Run is on 20 September 2025. A relay run up the river plus lots more. New activities this year include The Gathering, a fishy festival at Sideshore, Exmouth, with art, music, talks & games. And more activities at the finish in Dulverton, with @exmoornp.bsky.social

1/2 Our field services team is still assisting Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue in Culver cliff woods near North Hill Minehead. Currently the ground is smoking and burning underground but has potential for trees to catch light and turn into a bigger fire. If not handled carefully...

1/1 D&S Fire Service are dealing with a major fire on North Hill, Minehead in woodlands above The Beacon/Higher Town 🛑PLEASE AVOID THIS AREA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...