Barn Owl Chicks at Reaside: A Ledge, a Camera and Six Hungry Mouths
Two grounded chicks in the horse shelter led us to a long-forgotten nesting box, a new feeding ledge, and a family of six barn owls we didn't know we had.
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From the Farm
Notes from Reaside
Wildlife, weather and life on a working farm in the Shropshire Hills, as we see it day to day.
Where Have the Buzzards and Red Kites Gone?
A quiet, birdless morning after the summer's weather finally breaks gets us thinking about the buzzards and red kites who share our skies, how to tell them apart, and what a scattering of feathers can tell you.
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The Simon Evans Way: A Postman's Round Past Our Door
The footpath that runs alongside our fields is named after a broadcaster and author who documented the landscapes and characters of south Shropshire, and once wrote about Reaside itself.
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Life on the Track: How We Keep Our Horses and Donkeys
Why our horses and donkeys spend much of the year on a track rather than in a paddock, and what it takes to keep it running.
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The Deer of Reaside: Antlers, Barks and Chewed Trees
Muntjac, roe and fallow deer all share the farm with us, mostly unseen. A found antler and a camera trap gave us a much closer look.
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Badgers at Reaside: A Sett, a Camera Trap and a Childhood with Toddy
An active sett on the farm gave us a rare glimpse of a very inquisitive badger after dark, and stirred up childhood memories of Toddy, our family's pet badger in 1960s Wales.
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A New Woodland at Reaside: 2,800 Trees Take Root
Two fields of permanent grassland become seven acres of new native woodland at Reaside, part of a project linking the Wye Valley to the Wyre Forest, and the start of a very long wait to see how it grows.
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A Grey Heron Catches a Trout
Cataloguing the farm's wildlife with the Shropshire Mammal Group turned up a visitor, and a catch, we weren't expecting, all caught on camera.
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The Most Incredible Sunset
A quiet red band over the pool built, in a matter of minutes, into an explosion of reds and oranges over the horse arena.
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