Recorded species

Farm visitors include:

Starlings, Swallows, House Martins, Coal tits, Marsh tits, Great tits, Blue tits, Long-tailed tits, Siskins, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Dipper, Woodcock, Snipe, Buzzard, Red Kite, Sparrow Hawk, Goshawk, Lapwing, Curlew, Blackbird, Robin, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, Redstart, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Dunnock, Nuthatch, Magpie, Jay, Wren, Raven, Rook, Wood Pigeon, Canada Geese, Mallard, Tawny Owl, Long-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Crow, Jackdaw, Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Heron, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, Stock Dove, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Collared Dove, Yellowhammer, Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit, Sky Lark...

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Toad, Frog, Palmate Newt, Smooth Newt, Great Crested Newt, Pipistrelle, Natterer's, Greater & Lesser Horseshoe bat, Common Lizard, Hedgehog, Brown Hares, Fox, Badger, Weasel, Polecat, Mole, White clawed crayfish, Otter...

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An array of insects, butterflies and moths including Poplar Hawk moth, Buff Tip moth, White Ermine moth, Hebrew Character, Angle Shades, Five-spot Burnet moth, Elephant Hawk-moth, Peacock butterfly, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Small Copper, Small White, Large White, Comma, Orange Tip, Dark Green Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Painted Lady, Speckled Wood, Brimstone, Holly Blue, Common Blue, Skipper, Ringlet... 

Our woodland includes:

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Oak, Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Holly, Blackthorn, Crab apple, Downy birch, Silver birch, Iberian white birch, Wild Cherry, Bird Cherry, Damson, Yew, Elder, Alder, Goat Willow, Larch, Scots Pine, Rowan, Dog Rose, Guelder Rose, Sycamore, Field Maple, Wych Elm, Norway Maple, Beech, Dog Wood...

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In 2022 we planted two more woodland areas with over 800 trees including sessile oak, downy birch, wild cherry, field maple, dog wood, dog rose, hawthorn, hazel, beech, sweet chestnut, rowan, alder, bird cherry, service trees, and willows. 

Wildflowers on the farm include:

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Broad leaved helliborine orchids, early purple orchids, water figwort, wild daffodil, bluebells, honeysuckle, foxgloves, bird's foot trefoil, pignut, sanicle, marsh valerian, meadowsweet, herb bennet, herb robert, red campion, wild strawberry, shining cranes bill, jack by the hedge, bugle, greater stitchwort, speedwell, vetch, yellow archangel, barren strawberry, opposite leaved golden saxifrage, wood anemone, ladys smock, wood sorrel, dog violet, dogs mercury, lords and ladies, lesser celandine, cowslip, cow parsley, hogweed, primrose, yellow pimpernel, tormentil, broad leaved willowherb, hedge woundwort, common mallow...   

Fungi include:

Amanita muscaria, Armillaria borealis, Grooved Bonnet, Mycena rosea, Sheathed Woodtuft, Shaggy Inkcap, Hairy Curtain Crust, Bleeding Oak Crust, Stinkhorn, Exidia plana, Birch Polypore, Hazel Bracket, Turkeytail, Waxy Crust, Common Puffball, Giant Puffball, Jelly Ear, Oak Pin, Green Elfcup, Scarlet Elf Cup, Candlesnuff Fungus, Dead Moll's Fingers, Cramp Balls, Hazel Woodwart, Witches' Broom, Mucilago crustacea