Category: ‘Animals’

We were weeding the other day when we found this beauty hiding in the grass in the middle of the veggie bed.

He is I think, a Green Toad who likes to live on sandy soil and breeds in shallow pools.  They are often encountered on farmland on the outskirts of villages which fits the bill.
Since [...]

We’ve started clicker training the horses.  These photos are from Day 2, when we began teaching them to play football!

Ayla died yesterday, of severe colic.  She’d gone to a new home a few months ago, but I feel her loss hugely.

You can run free now my beautiful girl xxxx

It’s looking very likely that Hannah Dawson will be coming here in November for 4-5 days to offer Equine Touch for horses and VHT for humans.  Please let me know if you are interested, for you and/or your horse.

This puppy turned up a couple days ago. We think he may stay, but can’t decide on a name for him.
Anyone?

Another bloody annoying wildlife sound – that of a hoopoe waking you up at 6am and then keeping you awake for the next 2 hours with its irritatingly repetitive noise (I thought the cuckoos were bad, at least they don’t seem to be early risers). Don’t let anyone tell you it’s all peace and quiet [...]

This is what we’re hearing every night.
http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/thefoxden/call.wav
We’ve lost so many chickens, ducks and geese lately that we’re now (as well as shutting them in their shed at night) electrifying the chicken wire fence of their run every night. Don’t worry, it’s only 12v electric, we’re not out to kill the foxes – just make them [...]

My compost heap is absolutely heaving with life. First I almost cut 2 frogs or toads in half with my spade, then I disturbed a mouse that our big ginger tomcat wolfed down, and then this beautiful slow worm stuck his head out of where I was digging.

Wriggly, wriggly slow worm!

So we put her back [...]