Ditch Work
Mr Liam Lambert was back on site…must stop calling our home a site!
This time he was a week late as we had already shifted approx. 6-8 tons of sand and soil by hand (!) to make way for the willow coppice, but we always have things that need doing if you have a JCB for 10 minutes! This time it was finally clearing the last of the soil/rubble that the previous owner had excavated for the new drainage ditch. Finally the top paddock looks ‘neat’ and there are no piles of junk around.
One of the great things about living at Waterloo Farm is the variety of wildlife we get in the garden, and especially at this time of year, the birds. We always try our best to put food out for them, ensuring there’s something for everyone – peanuts and seeds in feeders for the little birds, apples and suitable leftovers for the bigger ones and food on the floor for those that don’t hover so well like our resident pheasant Fezziwig! As you can imagine we were getting through quite a lot of shop-bought fat balls to keep up with them all, so I decided to have a go at making my own, and I’m pleased to say my experiments have been a total success 
'Pet' Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Sometime ago we named a male pheasant who appeared to be very friendly ‘Fezziwig’ (The name of Dicken’s Scrooge first boss). Fezziwig has now shown a remarkable behaviour, whenever we sit down for dinner (tea) he appears on the patio looking for food!
Now you might think that is not that clever as we must surely sit down at the same time every night. But that is not true. We can be later or early by an hour and he still appears. We have drawn the following conclusions why:
Roe Deer Fawn/Kid
Well continuing the wildlife at The Farm theme, I thought you might like to see a poor quality picture of our very own Bambi!
However I think strictly speaking a baby Roe Deer is actually a ‘Kid’. Oh no…does that mean we now have four kids LOL
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
Well it has been a while, and lots has changed since my last post, but I could not pick-up the blogging baton again in earnest without mentioning another visitor to The Farm, a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).
The photograph is not great I am afraid, but I think you get the idea! It makes a right din when it arrives, and it was the yakking sound that alerted me to the visit first.
