More than 700 young whips (unbranched tree seedlings) have been planted as part of a National Trust wildlife corridor on Combe Wood Farm in Salcombe Regis, Sidmouth, according to East Devon District Council.

The local authority said it is "the first step" in Sidmouth Arboretum's response to the challenge from Sidmouth Town Council to plant 14,000 young trees in the valley by 2026 - one for every resident.

A total of 21 arboretum volunteers were joined by EDDC's tree team officer and a team of National Trust rangers earlier this month to help with one of the many wildlife corridors being created.

It is hoped the corridors, bands of new young woodland linking existing woodland on the hilltops east and west of the valley, will allow wildlife to move around the farm and mix with other populations, a "vital requirement" for breeding.