Tipton's Croft

A wild field garden in Bomere Heath, Shropshire, England

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  • Summertime

    22 July 2019

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    Category: The Meadow

    And nature’s loving it. Yellow rattle, wild carrot, bees and swallows.


  • The Lake timelapse

    28 June 2019

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    Category: The Pond

    From April 2018 to June 2019.


  • It’s full

    27 June 2019

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    Category: The Pond

    After only eight months the pond is now full, thanks to the old clay field drains helping to fill it up. It will take time to clear and for the edges to fill with plantlife, but it’s a start.


  • The Restoration: after

    22 June 2019

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    Category: The Meadow

    Three years later and the wildflower meadow is taking shape, with successful growth of native seeds that we planted the previous autumn.


  • Water!

    19 June 2019

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    Category: Tipton’s Croft

    It might not look like much but gushing out of the pipe is water from our new borehole. We now have an unlimited supply of free cool crystal clear fresh water!


  • What a difference eight months makes

    11 June 2019

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    Category: Tipton’s Croft

    Some spoil from the lake used to landscape a low hill at end end of the field. Seeded with a mixture of native English wildflowers and grasses, it has now blended in seamlessly with its surroundings.

    • October 2018
    • June 2019

  • Water, mud, meadow

    10 June 2019

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    Category: Tipton’s Croft

    We used some of the spoil from the lake to improve the drainage at one end of the field, with a new ditch and wildflower meadow seeding. Here’s before, during and after.

    • March 2016
    • October 2018
    • June 2019

  • Digging…

    31 October 2018

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    Category: The Pond

    The creation of a traditional Shropshire wildlife pond, naturally clay-lined, nothing brought in to the site, nothing removed from the site. All we now need is water. Lots of water.


  • Hooty compilation

    30 August 2018

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    Category: Barn Owls

    A compilation of video clips of our barn owls from the past two years.


  • Water, mud, meadow

    2 August 2018

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    Category: Tipton’s Croft

    Some work on improving the drainage in one part of the field using muck dug out of the old pond.

    • April 2018
    • August 2018
    • September 2019
    (updated September 2019)


  • Owl on a post

    31 July 2018

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    Category: Barn Owls

    One of the last sightings of the owls before they dispersed and the field became empty for over a year.


  • Hootlets

    9 July 2018

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    Category: Barn Owls

    First sighting of one, two, three new Barn Owl hatchlings.


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Tipton's Croft

Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

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