- Screen Colours:
- Normal
- Black & Yellow
C12th hydraulic repairs restored!
Our landscape archaeologist, Guardian John Rainer, has shown that, after the Great Dam was breached so many years ago and most of Roger Bigod's large Pond surged out, his successors dug a d...
30 Apr, 2020
More Spring photos: all up to scratch!
Here are some photos I took earlier in the week — apple blossom over the river, oaks coming into leaf, one of the cattle having a good back scratch, and some cuckoo flowers in Mere Meadow.
...
23 Apr, 2020
Cows, calf and cowslips
April 2020
20 Apr, 2020
"Daily exercise" photos
Dear Friends, I just wanted to let you know that I've been visiting Simpson’s Fromus reserve recently without the necessity of driving. I cycle to Kelsale Lodge, take the footpath to the top end o...
10 Apr, 2020
Cattle head down to new Long Meadow gras...
Today, after being protected against internal parasites and other ills (a subdermal jab in each shoulder), the Trust's core herd of rare breed British White cattle — our placid bull, Drakkar, and th...
07 Apr, 2020
Primrose Glade
The name of 'Orchid Glade' can mislead us to think that this reserve is special just for one group of Suffolk Flora. But that's not the case. Today, just beyond the ditch on the west side of the r...
04 Apr, 2020
A trouble-free birth: Shilling shines!
Overnight on 23rd March, our young cow #78 Bushwell Shilling gave birth to a pretty heifer calf, sired by SFPT's super friendly bull Drakkar. As you see, the cattle are still under shelter. Provid...
27 Mar, 2020
Coronavirus update
Our reserves are always open for Guardians. In these unprecedented circumstances, in line with government guidance about Covid-19, with regret the Trustees have decided to cancel proposed 2020 Open Da...
21 Mar, 2020