The first I knew about it was when I was walking down through the Orchard, admiring some newly appeared bee orchids.
I thought the long grass looked a bit odd and assumed that either young badgers had come out of the set and had been dancing around, or that the local boar had been through on their way to dig up a neighbouring field. But then I found other evidence that had nothing to do with pigs or boar or badgers.
So I carried on down to the ponds, and there found a lot of the shrubbery had been pushed around and broken and someone had been wading in my pond!
I doubt the fish were happy when it happened, and they aren't happy now, as there is so little water available for them. I am hoping to get someone in, to get them out, and transfer them to a deeper pond. I will be sorry to see them go of course, but I don't think they will survive the summer in our pond.
Yes, some neighbouring heifers got bored, broke through the single strand of electric fence, followed the path the hunters take, and gambolled in the Orchard before being taken away again (the wire has been reconnected it appears). As far as I can tell, there is no film or photo of this episode on the trail camera, as it was pointing in slightly the wrong direction, but I will be checking when I download all the files, as it is home to have its batteries recharged.
In the meantime, here are two different hares passing through.
Have a good week!
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