Wildlife has gone mad over lockdown!

We have always had the gardens filled with wild life but this year it has been better than ever! Some has been more welcome than others as deer ravaged the borders eating everything from hostas and geraniums to roses and fruit trees but they looked so beautiful. Hopefully next year, with 11 weddings, the noise will keep them in the fields and woods.

Grass snakes and slow worms have been much braver at showing themselves - with one grass snake shedding its skin in the kitchen garden. No tadpoles this year but many toads of all sizes - the second on was only about an inch long!

More baby birds seemed to fall out of their nests but all had happy endings with their parents continuing to feed them until they could fly.