Flora And Fauna

Flora & Fauna

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Our little bit of paradise is home to many birds and Mammals that live in the hedgerows, woods, fields and the stables themselves!

As I am a keen photogrpaher ( you would never have guessed!) my camera is always by my side, so as well as capturing those special moments with our munchkin pony boys, I have also been fortunate enough to capture the flora & fauna that borders us.

Given the numerous amounts of photographs I have in my possession, I have limited this gallery to a selection of my favourite shots.

All photos are copyright, and not for distribution or sharing but I hope you get the same pleasure viewing them as I have done.

Shelled Gastropod (Snail)	Shelled Gastropod (Snail)	Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Ladybirds	Grey Squirrel 1 of our 2 Resident Greys. Sadly I found her at the bottom of a tree dead in August 2019. She had either been jumping from tree to tree and missed, or she had been swooped on by the buzzard or sparrowhawk but I could find no visible signs of trauma to indicate such. We buried her in the woods where she made her home :-(	Field Mouse
Juvenile Rabbit	Juvenile Buzzard	European Goldfinches
	Red Squirrel	Wild Rabbit
Angle Shades Metamorphosis Angle Shades Caterpillar initially rescued from Leo & Hudsons grooming brush! Stage 1 Chrysalis Stage 2 Chrysalis Beautiful Angle Shades Moth	Angle Shades Moth	Crow
Yellow-Hammer Resident On the hedge beside the stables	"Fez" The Cock Pheasant Resident Roams the Estate walks with a limp	Swallow
Swallow	Swallows In The Stable Visitor Migratory Birds In The Stable British swallows spend their winter in South Africa: they travel through western France, across the Pyrenees, down eastern Spain into Morocco, and across the Sahara. Some birds follow the west coast of Africa avoiding the Sahara, and other European swallows travel further east and down the Nile Valley. .	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing
Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing
Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing
Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing
Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing
Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Swallows Left the stable Learning to fly and feed on the wing	Wood-pigeon Resident Learning To Fly down at the burn
Buzzard (Brancher) Resident Lives in the wooded area of the Estate Brancher learning to fly and feed Learning to fly from the posts in paddock 1	Mallard Ducks Resident "Bonnie" & "Clyde" Female & Male Mallard Duck Frequent visitors to the burn & the wood at the bottom of the paddocks adjacent to the wooded area where they have their brood of chicks before walking through the sheeps field to Glencadam distillery	Robin Resident These chicks were in a planter at Gardener Bills door
Mistle Thrush Resident	Wild Rabbits Resident	Red Squirrel Resident 1 of a few
Feral Ferret Resident "Flash" Lives beside the stable block This is a feral ferret with polecat markings Not to be mistaken for a Mink	Feral Cat Resident "Boo" Sleeps in the woods Gets fed at The Stables Roams the estate	Field Mouse Resident
Hedgehog Resident On its nightly forage for food In paddock 5 Hedgehogs are nocturnal and should not be out during the daytime - this is an indication that something is wrong with them and they require vet / rehab assistance	Meveille Du Jour Moth Visitor A Palaearctic Species! So I was honoured! The Palaearctic or Palearctic is one of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface. The Palearctic Ecozone consists of five smaller ecozones or subregions: the European Siberian; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; Western and Central Asian; and China and Japan.	Bee
Wood "Sooty" Feral Cat Resident Sleeps in the woods Gets fed at The Stables Roams the estate	Weasel Resident	Black Pheasant Resident
Black Pheasant Resident	Black Pheasant Resident	Fox #1 Resident
Fox #2 Resident