EXETER'S Old Sludge Beds are in for a makeover.

City-based Devon Wildlife Trust has been awarded £10,000 to help fund work at the nature reserves.

The trust has been awarded the money by Pennon Environmental Fund to help fund new visitor information boards at the five hectare wetland site adjacent to the River Exe.

This will also include installing new sections of boardwalk to help visitors get around the site more easily and a leaflet to describe all the wildlife which people will be able to see there.

Matt Boydell, the trust's land management manager, told: the Echo: "Managing nature reserves for the benefit of wildlife is an expensive business.

"We welcome this new funding that will allow us to add major upgrades to these hidden gems."

For more information about these sites visit www.devonwildlifetrust.org