15/09/2026
📸📸Here are some photos from 3 of Yesterdays ( Mondays ) walks - Seaton to Sidmouth on the South West Coast Path , foraging at Wildwood Devon & a walk with the RSPB site manager at the RSPB reserve at the old quarry site, Venn Ottery.
🌱🌱Report from walker on the foraging walk …. ‘ We had a great day on the foraging walk at Wildwood Escot; we started with a glorious walk around the outskirts of Escot before meeting our foraging guide Bex Flintham. Bex has a huge knowledge about what plants are edible and what plants can be used for healing.
We learnt that dock leaves don’t work for stinging nettle stings, but plantain leaves have been scientifically proven to be effective. We tasted rose hips which Bex uses to make syrup from, and sorrel which is lemon flavoured and can be eaten with fish. She talked us through dozens of useful plants and their uses.
The afternoon was spent visiting the animals which included the red squirrel, lynx, arctic foxes, wild boars, snowy owl, eagle owl, and bears. Some of us even indulged our inner child and played on the zip wire!’
🥾🥾There are plenty more walks happening over the rest of this week , places on walks do need to be booked but there is still time . HOW TO BOOK - please 📞 phone Sidmouth Tourist Information Centre 01395 516441 or 💻 email them [email protected]
👀To see full details of what’s still available please see the programme pinned to our page or pick up a paper copy of the programme from local tourist information ( Sidmouth, Exmouth , Seaton , Budleigh ).
