In September we discovered four barn owl chicks in a barn owl nest box in our old grain mill just off the courtyard. Many thanks to Captain Jerry Woodham who came and ringed the all four owlets. Good news – as of 27th October, they have all fledged and flown the nest.

A New Wildway
We were absolutely delighted that Tom Fortune of Fortune and Son Hedgelaying found time in his busy schedule to squeeze in laying an overgrown beech hedge in