Wildlife
There is a large, peaceful lawned garden for guests to enjoy,
with many types of feeding birds visiting all year round.
| Birds frequently visiting
our garden are: |
Occasional
visiting Birds |
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| Nuthatches |
Tree-creeper |
| Spotted Woodpeckers |
Goldfinch |
| Jays |
Goldcrest |
| Jackdaws |
Long-tailed Tit |
| Magpies |
Bullfinch |
| Chaffinch |
Spotted Flycatcher |
| Marsh Tit |
Fieldfare |
| Blue Tit |
Grey Wagtail |
| Great Tit |
Song Thrush |
| Coal Tit |
Pheasant |
| Sparrow |
Buzzard |
| Dunnock |
Sparrow-hawk |
| Greenfinch |
Barn Owl |
| Blackbird |
Starlings |
| Pied Wagtail |
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| Robin |
| Wren |
| Swallow |
| Martin |
| Swift |
| Collared doves |
| Wood pigeon |
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The garden leads to a wetlands wildflower meadow, the habitat
of rabbits, foxes, frogs and toads, and is sprinkled with
buttercups, ladies smock, primroses and foxgloves throughout
spring and summer.
The fishing lake is a tranquil place where giant carp cruise
like large logs in the midday sun. Swallows swoop back and
forth. Brilliant butterflies, damsel flies and dragon files
skitter at the water's edge.
Yellow flag, majestic purple thistles, bulrushes and delicately
pink ragged robin are dotted along the water-line and wet
meadow.
You may disturb a heron or glimpse a brilliant, darting kingfisher.
Buzzards wheel and mew high above on a sunny day.
Anglers are welcome to try their skills here.
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Visiting animals
are:
Hedgehogs, newts, frogs, toads, foxes, dormice, shrew, moles,
(and deer frequent the nearby fields and forest).
Bird and waterfowl visiting the lake are:
Heron
Kingfisher
Moorhen
Mallard
Muscovy Duck
Canada Geese
Buzzard
Snipe
Night Heron (a rare sighting was recorded at our lake-side
by the RSPB in April 2005)
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