I locked the chickens up at 4.30pm. All were fine and there were no visitors in the main run or the cockerel runs. I went back out at 6.30pm to feed the pigs, but stopped when Harvey, our Border Terrier, ran to the chicken runs baying madly. When I investigated, I found a male sparrowhawk […]
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Bat about the house
15 June, 2010 
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As she was locking the back door this evening, the Other Half’s attention was caught by a fast, flitting movement just above roof height. She called me through to see if it was a bat—not wanting to go outside herself in case it caught in her hair. (Unlikely, I know.) I went out and stood […]
Read moreEver get the feeling you’re being watched?
15 July, 2009 11 Comments
I went out the shut the chickens up for the night, but as I was leaning into one of the cockerel boxes to slide the pophole shut I had the sudden feeling I was being watched. I slowly raised my head and looked around. As I swept my eyes across the mass of nettles beneath […]
Read moreBumble bees at work
16 June, 2009 16 Comments
We had a rare break in the weather today, with the sun breaking through the clouds and the rain easing. The warm, dry conditions brought the bumble bees out in force and, after a lot of patient stalking, I managed to get a few photos of two in action on the onion flowers.
Read moreOh dear, I’m a nasty plucker…
13 January, 2009 43 Comments
I continue to annoy, upset, disturb, disgust, horrify and distress the animal rights brigade. Activists, who have perverted sensible and much-need animal welfare goals by putting all other animals ahead of humans, invariably fly into a frenzy when they stumble across the blog and discover we kill, skin, pluck and eat “living beings”. Most regard […]
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