Friday 23 July 2010

Cotton Grass on Longstone


This long cotton grass is very common on Longstone. in the background of the cotton grass you can see the rest of longstone and other feilds that surround it. Longstone is the perfect moor.

3 Young Stags

3 stags in a row!
these young stags have just started growing their new antlers you can see they're still covered in "velvet" this is the dying blood vessels left on the antlers.

Jack In The Window


Jack Has Sacked Jeffrey And Does The Job Of
Peering In The Window Himself!
They've swapped jobs! usually Jack Lies on the mat outside the front door and Jeffreys usually peering in the kitchen window!

Big Ears! "watch out he can hear you!"




BIG ears is the new bull we bought last tuesday. in the picture of him and his lady friend you can see the difference in ear size(you can see why hes called big ears!). hes only 18 months old and this is the first time hes been allowed out to play with the young heifers!

Jeffrey and his new toys!




Happy 2nd Birthday Jeffrey!


This July Jeffrey's Birthday has come. one of our visitors sent some squeaky chew toys and some munchies! Jeffrey has already chewed them up!

hes had a wonderfull 2nd birthday and hes now counting down the days until his 3rd birthday! he cant wait!
only 362 days more to go!

The swallows and their nest


this is the last of the swallows. we always have about 5 pairs of swallows each year that return to our wood shed. these two are still being fed by mum and dad they will probably be having flying lessons in a few days.