Action on Climate in Teignbridge

General guidance

• Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Encouraging beneficial insects using wildflowers
• Plantlife (YouTube) A wide variety of videos, including plant ID and habitat creation
• Devon Wildlife Trusts Action for Insects Encouraging the community (pdf)
• Buglife Pollinator guidance
• A brief guide to meadow management by Audrey Compton

Arable weeds

• Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Importance of weeds in arable fields

Pasture

• The Barn Owl Trust How to manage land for barn owls
• Pasture for Life series of Webinars (YouTube)

Traditional wildflower meadows

• Moormeadows resources page For all things to do with meadows
• Moormeadows Forum Lots more useful resources on meadows
• Magnificent Meadows Management advice
• Floodplain Meadows Partnership Advice on floodplain meadow management
• Life in the Meadow video series (YouTube)
  • Life in the Meadow – Part 1 : Bees
  • Life in the Meadow – Part 2: Wildflowers
  • Life in the Meadow – Part 3: Butterflies
  • Life in the Meadow – Part 4: Common Meadow Insects
  • Life in the Meadow – Part 5: Birds and Meadow Habitat
  • Life in the Meadow – Part 6: Beetles and Bugs

Verges

Many WWs want to get involved with managing their local verges to benefit wildlife. If this is something you are keen to do then the first step is to find out who owns and manages the verge and seek permission.

Verges can be be managed by Devon County Council (DCC), Teignbridge District Council (TDC), local Parish Council or Devon Highways.

Asking your Parish Council is fairly straight forward and can be done by emailing your Parish Council clerk.

We are told DCC manage the majority of verges and so approching them is the next best step. Here is a guidance document from DCC about how you would contact them and next steps for managing a DCC verge along with their verge safety guidance.

If you find out that the verge is managed by TDC then please do get in touch with our coordinator who has direct links to the TDC Greenspaces team.

Other verge resources:

• Audrey’s fabulous random mowing diagrams for Teignbridge District Council sites

• Plantlife Managing Grassland Road Verges document
• Plantlife Save Wildflowers on Road Verges campaign
• Devon County Council Life on the verge in Devon – Guidance on how to manage road verges
• Tarka Country Trust Life On The Verge Biosphere Project (2016 – 2020)
• Moor Meadows Life on the verge: Creating and managing wildlife-friendly verges (YouTube)