Reading Books
- Benedict Macdonald – Rebirding
- Benedict MacDonald and Nicholas Gates – Orchard – A Year in England’s Eden
- Dara McAnulty – Diary of a young Naturalist
- Dave Goulson – The Garden Jungle (or any of his books – very approachable)
- David Attenborough – A Life on our Planet
- Devon Hedge Group, Devon County Council – Devon Hedges
- Esther Woolfson – Field Notes from and Urban City
- George Monbiot – Feral
- Hugh Warwick – Linescapes
- Isabella Tree – Wilding
- James Rebanks – English Pastoral
- John Lewis-Stempel – The Running Hare: The secret life of Farmland
- Oliver Rackham – The History of the countryside
ID Guides
- Wild Guides Very useful series of field guides
- Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guides Small and lightweight and easy to carry in the field
- Mammal society books
- Field guides by Field Studies Council Useful fold-out identification keys
- The Wildflower Key The most complete wildflower ID guide
- Collins guide to grasses, sedges, rushes and ferns of Britain and Northern Europe
- A Comprehensive guide to Insects of Britain and Ireland
- A Fieldguide to the Moths of Britain and Ireland
- Collins guide to birds of Britain and Europe
- Grassland Fungi-a field guide
- Collins guide to Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe
Paper maps
- OS map of Torquay and Dawlish OL44 Covers most of Teignbridge
- OS map of Exeter and the Exe Valley OL114 Covers the north of Teignbridge and beyond
- OS map of Dartmoor OL28
Magazines
- NHBS British Wildlife Magazine (Britain’s leading natural history magazine) and Conservation Land Management Magazine (essential reading for those involved in land management for nature conservation)
Email newsletters
- DWT newsletter keep up to date with Devon’s wildlife
- Exe Estuary Management Partnership
- Dartmoor National Park
- Teignbridge District Council (including the Green Spaces, Local Plan and recycling and waste newsletters)
Podcasts
- Devon Wildlife Warden Podcast A podcast about the Wildlife Warden Scheme by Emily Marbaix (A WW for Abbotskerswell). Also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
- CPRE Countryside Voices podcast
- Nature Friendly Farming
- FarmED A podcast about regenerative farming and sustainable food systems
- The Knepp Wildland Podcast