News from the Farm
We've over 1,000 Widgeon on the farm, had returning flocks of Lapwings & the Greylag Geese have been eating the sugar beet crop
Nicholas welcomed back the Whoopers for their brief visit & laments the lack of success with increasing the Moorhen population on the farm
The winter migrants arrive, including Pink Footed Geese and Fieldfares - Nicholas is sure that the migrants return to the best food source found last year
We've finished the wheat harvest & now have with six crops to go, including the red clover
It's harvest time & Nicholas discusses the incredible weather and how it has affected work on the Farm
We're pleased to see an increase of Barn Owlets on the farm this year
The Sunflowers have been planted & there has been a local increase of Garden Warblers
Nicholas enjoys seeing the arrival of our Summer visitors, Cuckoos and Swallows
Driverless tractor testing & feeding live mealworms to breeding birds - vital during April, May & June
Nicholas talks of early drilling, the worries about potatoes & Little Owls
Nicholas describes his tour around the farm, feeding the farmland birds
This month, Nicholas discusses the potato market & owls breeding on the farm
Midway through the sugar beet harvest & the arrival of migrant birds
Nicholas has been welcoming some of our winter visitors: Redwings, Whooper Swans and Pink Footed Geese.
Thanks to the dry weather, we've harvested 15 crops so far this year, although the weather has not been good for harvesting potatoes