A nest in the old shelter full of robin chicks (five, we think!).
New robins
Snow, lots of snow
Milky soup
Dead oak
But we’ve decided to leave it where it is.
Hare today
Above the clouds
A brief flight up through a break in the low cloud above the field.
Poor ash
It looked perfectly healthy, but a storm brought down this 200 year old ash tree. At least we’re not short of firewood for the next few winters.
Freezing fog
A frozen owl and a Garden Orb-Weaver in its web.
Autumn hornbeam
Lots of sky
The Restoration: during
New gates, fences, paths. And no more rusty metal.
The Restoration: before we started
Yuk
A grey, smelly, overgrown puddle, but with a bit of effort we hope to bring this old pond back to life.
Hooty
The first sighting of this most beautiful of creatures, and a good incentive for the work ahead of us.
2016 The Beginning
In March 2016 we took ownership of the field and started down a long road of restoration with the aim creating a natural wildlife haven based on a traditional English meadow.
2009 A desert in Shropshire
Intensive farming creates a desert-like landscape devoid of wildlife. Fortunately the field was soon afterwards abandoned to nature.
1838 Tithe map
Showing the croft (No. 318), with almost exactly the same boundaries as today. Occupied by a Mr Richard Tipton, hence ‘Tipton’s Croft’.
