I'm a list keeper. I like lists of jobs, books, ideas and particularly wildlife. Since 2017 I have kept a list of all the bird species...

Our next beef is available for collection from Waterhay or Park Farm on 5th February 2022. We will have fresh offal only from Thursday...

Back in 2019 I was approached by a TV production company to feature in a programme about the Thames, presented by Tony Robinson. I had...

Owls have always facinated me. Whats not to like with a creature whose eyes occupy at least 70% of its skull volume (humans 5%) and...

If you have an artistic streak or would like to find your artistic streak , why not enter the Flood Plain Meadows Partnership art...

Ever dreamed of staying a night in a 5 litre 1963 Bedford TK wooden horse box? Well, if you do, its now possible! Over the last 2 1/2...

I'd like to introduce you to a new addition to the farm - Leafield Black Walter - or Walter as he will be known. He is our new bull who...

April has was cold, dry and sunny, as you probably noticed. We got the cows out at the end of March but saw very little regrowth of...

We've all heard that you are what you eat, and for carnivores you are what your meat has eaten.... The following study from Newcastle...

If you have beef to eat, you have a hide from that animal - the two items are inseparable. We all know lots about local meat, have heard debates about what sustainable or even regenerative meat might be, and how we might buy meat that is traceable right back to the farmer. But so far this just hasn't happened with hides and the resulting leather. That verifiable connection back to farm and animal is not currently available. One reason is that up until 4 or 5 years ago, th