Our moorhens are nearly fully grown!

Here are our 4  lovely moorhen chicks who are now nearly fully grown. You can see they are still not in full colour plumage like their mother but are nearly as big. If you look back through my blog you can see how cute they have been right from being fluffy little chicks. They have discovered the bird table and now are bold enough to come near the farmhouse to feed from any bits the other birds drop.

Flying views!

My brother took up the hobby of paramotoring last year and yesterday took some shots of the farm from the air! You can see what a wonderful little oasis Rains Farm is for the wildlife amongst the beautiful rural landscape of NorthYorkshire.

Wobbly Warbler water feature!

Today some guests and I were looking out of the bed and breakfast dining room window and this little bird landed on the top of my water feature on the patio. We think it is a Warbler, what do you think? If so, which one? I am curious as it seems to have stripes on it's belly.

Our Little Owl now enjoying the sunshine!

 I don't think anyone can see me behind this branch!

This evening sunshine is better than all that wet weather I was growing up in!

Cheeky leveret in our garden!

Tonight I spotted this cheeky leveret in our garden, he initially tried to hide in the grass, then came onto our patio and had his tea (ate my plants!) then as he was leaving the patio he spotted a wood pigeon and looks like he was wondering what one would taste like!

hiding in the grass or so he thinks!

Having tea eating my plants

I spy a pigeon!

Moorhens and cheeky pigeons

Our Moorhen youngsters are growing fast and now enjoy foraging around the orchard with their parents for food

Double decker pigeons! They are so naughty as they frighten off the smaller birds from the feeders!

Lazy Sunday afternoon Hare!

This beautiful Hare loves to sit and clean himself up at the base of this old ash tree in our orchard.

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