Swallows Successful Brood
When I moved into The Rest Home 3 years ago, there was a swallow nest located above my front door under a high roofed porch…
Author: Darren
I moved to Croxton in 2019 and live in The Rest Home
Resident European Toad
Our resident toad is out and about most evenings. Captured her tonight just taking it easy. She loves a quick dip in our newly created…
Tasty Homemade Elderflower Cordial Cheesecake
If you followed our Homemade Elderflower Cordial post, you will know I suggested using it to make a cheesecake. This cheesecake is the best I…
Homemade Elderflower Cordial
Elderflower cordial is great stuff. It’s a lovely sweet taste of summer which is cooling and refreshing on a hot sunny day. Elderflower cordial can…
Lesser Stag Beetle
Just checking around my garden this evening before turning into bed and spotted this great beetle scuttling around. Quite large at around 1.5cm and obvious…
Four Apple Trees and a Pear Tree
Four Apple Trees Suzy, my wife, has planted 4 apple trees running along side our newly coppiced hedge. From the front gate they are Apple…
Tree Bumblebee
Today the foxgloves I have planted outside my kitchen window are full of busy bumblebees. The vast majority of these are Tree bumblebees. To distinguish…
Hedgehog (Video), Croxton
Using a night time video camera tucked away in an old metal garage, I capture a visiting hedgehog who regularly wonders in to finish off…
Broad Bodied Chaser, Croxton
I’m pleased that we had a visit from a Broad Bodied Chaser to our newly created garden/wildlife pond. It’s truly amazing just how much a…
Croxton Trail Cam 25/01/2021
Trail Cam footage captured on the evening of 25th January and early morning of 26th January 2021. I placed the trail cam at 4.50pm. It…