It’s the season for mushrooms, so here are a few at Tipton’s Croft. We’re not mycologists (though think we know what some of them are) and have definitely not touched or picked them. But we think they look nice.
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Category: Other
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Autumn wrigglies
A Yellow-Tail moth caterpillar, we think!
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The lake a year later
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Category: The PondWhat a difference twelve months makes. October 2018 to October 2019.
Thanks to Mark at Fewtrell Groundworks.
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Ready for Hooty’s return
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Category: Barn OwlsThanks 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…
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A good year for hay
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Category: The MeadowOr 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.
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Robin’s pin cushion
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The gall of the Diplolepis rosae gall wasp on a dog rose. Pretty but a bit weird.
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Fingerprint?
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Category: The MeadowFingerprint, or recently cut hay meadow?
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Tipton’s Croft in the Shropshire Wildlife Trust magazine
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Category: Tipton’s Croft
Thanks to Sarah Gibson at the Shropshire Wildlife Trust for this article.
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Summer 2019
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Here are some of the wildflowers this year. Enjoy!
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An aerial view
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Category: Tipton’s CroftThe hay’s been cut and is drying in the sun ready for baling.
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Bees
You can’t have a wildflower meadow without bees, so thanks to Sue and Glynn we have lots of them.
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Night life
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Category: Tipton’s CroftA night of thunder, lightning, and a lot of rain. Not a night for owls, and the hay’s been flattened, but the lake’s a lot fuller as a result.
