The farm is an amazing place to see & hear nature up close. Here are just some of the sights and sounds I have seen and heard on and around the farm over the last month.
- Barn owls screeching in the fields at dusk.
- Bats flying around the barn at night.
- Swallows circling the barnyard and feeding their young.
- Blue tits leaving the nest box.
- Rats scurrying about in the barns and knawing the barn rafters.
- Magpies circling the fields and hedgerows for eggs.
- Wagtails wagging their tails as they hop about the farmyard.
- Pigeons cooing.
- Cows grazing.
- Wheat and barley crops growing.
- Poppies flowering.
- Cuckoos calling at dusk.
- Oilseed rape in full bloom.
- Peacock butterfly flying around the garden.
- Tawny owl calling out at night.
- Small White butterfly flying around the vegetable patch.
- Bees collecting pollen from the flowers.
- Cinnabar moth flying around the garden and fields.
- Potato plants emerging.
- Cowslip growing in abundance along the hedgerows.
- Elderflowers blossoming.
- Vegetable seedlings growing.