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A field in Shropshire, England

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Month: September 2019

Ready for Hooty’s return

Thanks to John from the Shropshire Barn Owl Group for his visit and advice about how to attract barn owls back to the croft. We’ve cleaned out the nest boxes, laid fresh bedding, cleared overhanging branches, installed some random fence posts nearby (as perches for the owls) and also installed ‘pencil’ cameras in each box so we can easily monitor them. Now we just wait…

Author tiptonscroftPosted on 14 September 201919 March 2020Categories Barn Owls

A good year for hay

Or more specifically, haylage. 28 bales this time, three times as many as last year. Mixed feelings as we now have a bare field rather than a wildflower meadow, and it’s a sure sign summer is coming to an end.

Author tiptonscroftPosted on 8 September 201910 September 2019Categories The Meadow

Robin’s pin cushion

The gall of the Diplolepis rosae gall wasp on a dog rose. Pretty but a bit weird.

Author tiptonscroftPosted on 8 September 20195 February 2020Categories Plants

Fingerprint?

Fingerprint, or recently cut hay meadow?

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Author tiptonscroftPosted on 1 September 20195 February 2020Categories The Meadow

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