The Big Farmland Bird Count sees farmers record the number of birds they see on their farmland during half an hour each year. The results of the Big Farmland Bird…
Caroline Bankes
Open Farm Sunday, 10th anniversary
Open Farm Sunday happens on 7 June 2015. Hundreds of farms across the country will open their gates to the public for the 10th Open Farm Sunday, an annual event…
Hartlebury Castle to be restored
Hartlebury Castle, the historic home of the bishops of Worcester, is being turned into a tourist attraction by locals, who have bought the property from the Church Commissioners. The Hartlebury…
Rare breeds registration falling
Some rare breeds are becoming rarer, if the recent Rare Breeds Survival Trust watchlist is anything to go by. Britain’s native pig breeds face “significant threats” according to the latest…
Dream Alliance gallops his way on to film
Dream Alliance is the extraordinary racehorse, who grew up on an allotment and went on to win the Welsh National. A film telling the true story of how a barmaid…
Daffodils are glorious yellow heralds of spring
Daffodils are the first signs of colour in the garden after the drab winter. That other spring favourite, rhubarb, is also creaking pinkly out of the ground at the same…