Nature everywhere around us
Towards the top of the UK animal food chain, foxes were very evident in the village during May and June. I heard of several chicken coop raids, so it’s worth taking the security of your poultry, and any pets kept outside, seriously at this time.
It will be summer by the time you read this, but we’ve had such a terrific spring. Plants burst into life, parents were, and still are, busy feeding their newly hatched offspring and our gardens are full of colour, insects and a host of other small animals.
We asked our readers to submit images of wildlife and nature from around the village and had an amazing response - too many to print, but on the following pages are a few that we had to share. Thanks to everyone who shared their images.
Image: bottom Richard Ludlow’s photograph of a vixen with two of her hungry cubs and top John Denyer with just the cubs. 18
