Spring life.

  In the fields around the house we are luck enough to have a good population of breeding wading birds such as Lapwing, Redshank, Curlew, Snipe and even an ever increasing number of Oystercatchers. Early morning and late evening the sounds of these birds displaying is a real treat. The Lapwings in particular make a wonderful sound with their piping call and whooshing wingbeat.
 The short patureland makes it ideal nesting ground. After a few weeks of watching them on the nest we are now getting the young chicks hatching. The young are extremely well camouflaged, when sitting still they look exactly like a blog of sheep droppings! Isn't nature amazing? of course great care is needed when crossing open farmland on paths but the nearby adults soon let you know that you are trespassing. Of course at this time the dogs are kept under very close control.

Lapwing chick