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First signs of spring?

Whilst working in the fields this morning we came across the first frogspawn of the year in the โ€ฆ Read More

Jays

Two jays very active around the Lucy Brook end of Big Meadow this afternoon.

A few more wildflowers

There is lots of water cress in Lucy Brook where it seems to thrive. I also noticed euphorbia โ€ฆ Read More

Baby wrens

On the Lucy Brook edge of the Hay Meadow about 20 metres down from the Cromwell Road gate โ€ฆ Read More

Little Egret again

This bird seems to spend a lot of time in Lucy Brook where it runs along Willow Lane โ€ฆ Read More

Off for a tasty snack?

Earlier this evening there was a tawny owl calling from the top of the (virtually) dead oak tree โ€ฆ Read More

Cattle in Flora

Walkers down the Pads footpath will have noticed the cattle in the ex-Gleesons Field following our opening of โ€ฆ Read More

Pheasant (and that jay)

A red pheasant observed in the Big Meadow alongside Lucy Brook this afternoon. And there was that jay โ€ฆ Read More

Grey Wagtail

There was a Grey Wagtail prodding about in the mud in Lucy Brook this morning. Close to the โ€ฆ Read More

Goldfinch

A couple of goldfinch were busy this morning looking for nesting materials in the Lucy Brook hedgerow (down โ€ฆ Read More