Environment

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Hedgehog helpers

Since becoming a charity back in 2017, Prickles has released more than 5,000 hedgehogs back into the wild –…

The whole kit and caboodle

Britain’s first beaver kit born in Dorset for over 400 years, report conservationists Beavers have bred in Dorset for the…

Natural talent

Captured on camera: the UK’s largest resident Hawk-moth spotted in Blandford! Rachael and Charles Holland spotted this beauty among their…

Sheep shearing time is getting near

The flock are thoroughly being spoilt with a selection of summer grazing paddocks now being offered. The recent weather…

Baler is a temperamental beast

The sheep’s feet have remained our main concern over the last fortnight, with Disney Princess still making a good…

‘A dripping June keeps all in tune’

We dream of June through the dark days of winter; we dream of sunshine and gardens bursting with colour;…

Lambs are growing at a speedy rate

The Zwartbles are back at the field and enjoying an abundance of grass. This is clearly providing rich milk…

Focus now on preventing fly-strikes

Lambing continued without any more dramas – the scan was 100 per cent accurate and we now have our…

Hard labour – but all’s well that ends well!

It was with great anticipation that the due date arrived. But like most things, it did not go quite…

Getting organised ready for the new arrivals…

The Field by Tri Stebbing. As a child there was a game that we played on long journeys in the…