Along with Stewart I visited Grey’s Farm at Therfield, Hertfordshire, a
crackin’ example of how farming & wildlife can co-exist hand in hand;
although intensively farmed with massive machines, there’s established hedges
of all shapes & sizes, along with new hedging & trees; plenty of wild
field margins approx 4m in width, plus
game cover, with larger areas of set a side; all combining well to attract an
abundance of wildlife.
The main purpose of the trip being to see the Pallid Harrier
first seen here on 18th September; pulling in “Twitchers” from far
& wide; we arrived just after 11am, but “Dipped” missing it by 20 minutes……
How ever there was plenty to see the
usual Buzzards, Kites, 4 Kestrels, a distant Peregrine, c20 Yellow Hammers,
Skylarks, c80 Meadow Pipits, c30 distant Lapwings, 1 lone Swallow went
through, a Wheatear popped up just in front of us, & on the butterfly front
a Clouded Yellow.
All images Copyright : Don Stone/Stewart Dennis.
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