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This diary will be written about twice monthly
during the summer by either Charlie or Clare to keep you updated with what is happening with the crops, people and wildlife
on the farm and anything else we feel maybe of interest.
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After a very cold winter the farm is starting to come alive again with
the daylight hours becoming longer and the sun becoming stronger. I have seen Lapwings, Skylarks and a few Ringed Plovers
all returning for the breeding season. Some of the hedges on the farm were trimmed back in February with others left
undisturbed until next year to accommodate any hibernating wildlife. We have been busy getting land prepared as February
was too wet to do any cultivations and now in the middle of March we are having to irrigate newly sown crops to ensure good
germination of the seeds!!
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| Trimmed hedge line |
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Behind our conservation lake is a small wooded area which we have been
clearing selectively of undergrowth over the last couple of years. We want to try and make it more attractive
to butterflies and have found very useful information at www.butterfly-conservation.org and will this year implement some of their suggestions. Whilst inspecting
this area I thought beavers had moved in as many of the trees had the bark stripped up to about 3/4 of a metre! But on closer
examination realised that with such a harsh winter the rabbits had a scarce supply of food and it was these beasts after all!!!
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| rabbit damage |
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