Lanefoot Cottage garden tour 16th April 2020 The birds are in good voice, the blackbird is on the bricks, the pheasant has had a good

Hedgehog fights a rival plant pot holder and a hare steals the show Is the hedgehog fighting the twiggy plant pot holder, thinking it is

Hedgehog Heaven in Lanefoot Garden How many hedgehogs are there in Lanefoot garden? And why do they bully each other? We never knew until Martin

Tree Creeper on Petes leg A thud on the conservatory window and a cry from Chris that a tree creeper w as dead on the

Our Fine Pheasant Friend Pleasant pheasant follows friend for feeding.  He is now so tame.  Acutally he tamed me to feed him when he makes

Dovenby Beck lots of fish, what are they? Here is a video with the fish in Dovenby Beck using my GoPro which is apparently waterproof

Bullfinch Bullfinch male with red front and female without red front.  The pair are almost always together unless one is on the nest.  They have

Bullfinch bothers Robins Our regular visitors Mr & Mrs Bullfinch came to see us. They are not nervous and seem to stake their claim on

Dovenby Ducklings June 2020 Hiding in the beck bank was a duck which today emerged with 6 newly hatched ducklings who need to be both

Daft Duck Walk What was the duck trying to tell me? I must know, we cannot duck the issue. Was it upset or lonely? Can

Nice otter, shame about the fish! Nice otter, shame about the fish. The only time in 26 years in the village that we have seen

Pleasant Pheasant Follows Friend We need a name for our pheasant friend – suggestions? He mumbles outside the conservatory door until I feed him with

Swallow stunned Swallows are one of the most aerobatic fliers but they don’t always get it right. This one was stunned and jumped onto the

Happy Henrietta Hen Henrieta Hen of Lanefoot Cottage has been homeless for at least a year in our village but the neighbours haven’t lost one

Memorial to Anne Frances Gunson Hidden in the overgrown tree covered natural woodland of Dovenby Hall estate is a meorial to Frances Gunson.  During the

The tree has such character, a bit like some of us mature members of the Civic Trust. The tree and us may have crinkly skin and a few warts but what tales we could tell.

Water Divining Huh! Yes as you can see, Peter with two pieces of stainless steel metal rod balanced so they swivel if they want to,

Brick collection from quarries and mines in Cumbria from 1850 The buildings for Cumbria’s industry were built with bricks without which Cumbria’s mineral wealth would

Tree Creeper on Petes leg A thud on the conservatory window and a cry from Chris that a tree creeper w as dead on the