Where Nature Meets History: Biodiversity at Devon Great Consols

In this episode of Nature Connects, host Ginnette Sutherland is joined by Lesley Strong from Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage to explore Devon Great Consols, a former mining landscape in the Tamar Valley that has become a powerful symbol of regeneration, biodiversity, and cultural memory.

Together, they discuss how this historic site now supports rare species like the Greater Horseshoe Bat and the Nightjar, and how managing such places involves balancing the needs of heritage conservation with ecological restoration. 

But beyond conservation, this episode also explores the opportunity for nature connectedness, how places like Devon Great Consols invite people to rediscover their relationship with the natural world through history, habitat, and community.

 

Links and resources

Home - Tamar Valley National Landscape Tamar Valley National Landscape

 

Nature Recovery Plan - Tamar Valley National Landscape Tamar Valley National Landscape

 

- TAMARA LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP

 

Monument Management Scheme - Tamara Landscape Partnership.

 

Cornish Mining World Heritage Site

 

www.heritageopendays.org.uk 

 

Devon Great Consols Circular Walk - Visit the Tamar Valley

 

Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project - The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project

 

Nightjar | The Wildlife Trusts

 

FOTONOW CIC - Fotonow CIC