Nature watch

It’s been a real nature watch on Exmoor lately. The other day we went over to Nutscale and saw a lovely little stoat in the road. A bit further on a Hen Harrier landed just next to the truck and on the walk we saw a young deer calf running along side its mum only about 20 yards away from us. The house martins under the eaves are popping their heads out and are ready to fly. The hot dry weather has pushed the heather on and there are beautiful bursts of purple all over the moor. The corn is also turning early this year and some already looks ripe for harvesting.

We went to Aldermans Barrow last night and in the Enclosure area there were 4 herds of deer. I stayed with the dogs and Derek managed to creep up close and take the photos above.

Although we have been very busy all week with our bed and breakfast guests we managed to pop down to Woodbury to Derek’s brother birthday party. We also saw the new Brown arrivals - 2 great nieces and 1 great nephew born into the family within 6 weeks of one another and they are all absolutely beautiful!