The older lambs were very interested in watching us as we bottle fed Poddy, Dotty and Spotty.

This morning, when I was feeding Dotty (who is a slow feeder) Nigel sat beneath the bottle hoping to catch the drips.

We have seen the buzzard nearly every day for some time now. He likes to sit on a fence post and later to roost in the oak tree at the far side of the field

She didn’t have a kid this year but Willow is still producing a litre and a half of milk each morning.

There are 12 species of bats in this country and Vampire bats are NOT one of these (pheww!). Bats are NOT blind – they see very well thank you. And, finally, what mum told me and others believe – bats do NOT get tangled in your hair. Notwithstanding all this I don’t find them pretty creatures and whilst Bob gave his talk a few bats flew around the church – I kid you not.

I’ve cleaned out the duck house and several barrow loads of straw snd manure from the polytunnel