a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

Our hedgehog is definitely on the mend, eating and drinking and doing a bit of stomping about (and increasingly ignoring us). Still not q...

The air is full of the calls of yellowhammers. They are fairly easy to spot because they like to sit on the top of bushes, trees and teleg...

I think we are going to be OK. We have moved out of the box, had something to eat and drink, and used the toilet facilities. If all is wel...

We have seen plenty of hedgehogs in the grounds recently but never during the day. This hedgehog was found curled up out in the open at mi...

 a greater butterfly orchid a tattered heath fritillary a violet ground beetle

all the young blackbirds flew the nest this morning except this tail end Charlie (Charlene I think). It may well be the bird rescued earlier...