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…
For the love of gates…
“April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots…
Looking out for swallows to herald the start of Spring
Some mixed weather this week has meant that the fat ewes are wading around in mud…. again. The good…
A Wilder Dorset by 2030
Dorset Wildlife Trust has launched a new strategy outlining its vision and plans from now until 2030. ‘A Wilder…
Blandford kingfishers put on a show for local photographer Nick Dibben
Kingfishers at Stour Meadow, Blandford These beautiful kingfishers were captured on film by NBVM reader Nick Dibben: “Stour Meadow behind…
Welcoming home some old faces and planning for the arrival of new ones
The girls are home. At long last the field was dry enough to take the pregnant Zwartbles ewes back…
Hedgehogs in need of your help
A local hedgehog welfare group is appealing for kind-hearted animal lovers to set up new hedgehog rescue centres. Blandford Hedgehog…
Storm Eunice in the Fields
Never plan anything. Him outdoors had two weeks off and had planned to carry on hedge laying the perimeter…
