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Hullo and a Happy Moo Year for 2021!  We cattle are comfortably housed for the winter in two parties.  The heifers and bullocks of our own breeding are in the pen for juniors, and here you see some ...

Orchid Glade in mid-winter is worth a visit, for its quiet serenity.  At the solstice 2020, the entrance is still carpeted with autumn’s fallen oak leaves.  After parking, in this rainy year, youâ...

The 2020 annual (No.7 in our Adult Education Series) was published yesterday.  This year’s book has 80 pages with 45 colour plates.  With the title ‘Glories and Curiosities’, the contents focu...

In late summer, while part of our herd was kindly offered grazing at Maple Farm, two bull calves were born.  All our cattle are now back at Fromus Valley reserve.  You will notice that one of the ca...

New identical signs have been fixed at all the entrances to our reserves.  At Fromus Valley, there is one on the first gate from the A12 road, and one on the outside of  each gate on the public foot...

 Above: Marsh woundwort     The unusually dry weather has held back the usual summer growth of fleabane (possibly so called because of its presumed pulicifuge effects).  As a result, the smaller p...

We went to Orchid Glade today.  Some photos from the visit are on the new «Orchid Glade, July 2020» page.  As far as butterflies go, all the usual suspects, but there were many dragonflies laying ...

The WildEast project is encouraging people to share videos and pictures of wildlife projects of all sizes using the hashtag #MyWildEast.  Trustees have sent the following message in response to the l...