Longbeach Farm Upwell - Nurture Nature

AKA - (Six acres and not a clue!) My personal diary of the comings and goings of wildlife during the development of my little piece of England. '...There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam; A body of England’s, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.' (R. Brooke)

Thursday, 4 November 2021

Get the Habit, habitat!

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Hedgehog heaven! Habitat stack 1 Habitat stack 2 Habitat stack 3 Habitat stack 4 by the pond 'Build it and they will come'  Clint (O...

Late season meadow cut

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East view towards the bund North view So, the week before the clocks went back, I had the wildflower meadow cut and the grass put in compost...
Sunday, 12 September 2021

Tortoiseshell & Red Admiral Butterfly

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The meadow is still in full bloom and the butterflies and bees are taking full advantage. Red Admiral (bottom) feeding on cover and Tortoise...
Monday, 30 August 2021

Smooth Newts Arrive!

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While keeping on top of the duckweed in our small garden pond, I accidentally scooped out two little efts (young newts). You can still see t...
Sunday, 22 August 2021

Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus.

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At about 5pm in a sunny spot in the meadow, there were three or four common blue butterflies visiting the wild flowers. The main target flow...
Saturday, 21 August 2021

Wildflower Meadow - Year 1

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  Well it's still only the first year and the cornfield annuals are putting on a show. Will be a few years yet until I can think of it a...
Sunday, 8 August 2021

Emperor Dragonfly

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This female Emperor dragonfly is laying her eggs just under the surface on this pontederia (pickerel) weed plant. Several males and females ...
Saturday, 7 August 2021

Grass snake on pond

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  Great to see this shy newcomer take up residence! - My wife however was less than thrilled!

Small Copper Butterfly on on Corn Marigold flower

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  First year of sowing cornfield annuals and pleased to see that they are supporting the butterflies which have been quite scarce thus far. ...
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