Hello

After a wonderful, inspiring, wildlife packed weekend away at Downshay farm campsite nr Swanage www.downshayfarm.co.uk exploring glorious meadows and coastal walks around the purbeck hills it’s back to work on the Bee Green projects here at Naish Farm, we have already left set aside areas of meadow grasses, thistles & teasels to give the birds & butterflies a helping hand, but we’ll soon also be planting specific plants to attract them. Which will include hops – which are great for Comma butterflies, buddliea, - which are loved by Butterflies , Bee’s & the humming Bird hawk moth. To find out more about how to attract butterflies to your garden & how to help endangered species visit www.butterfly-conservation.org

The new Bee shack garden will include a Butterfly & Bee flower bed, a wild area, a raised veggie patch for the team, a herb bed & a picnicing lawn for our lovely Bee shack customers to enjoy.

My Husband Marcus ( The Thatcher) Has spotted some amazing wildlife this week from his vantage point on the Farm house roof, he saw a Hobby flying over, a flock of around 80 + finches in the trees next to the garden and a sparrow hawk attacking a small bird ( The bird got away!) .

Thanks for reading, Charlotte x

view from farm house roof

Devils bit Scabious

Each Month Graham our bird expert spends an hour seeing which of our feathered friends can be seen here at Honeybuns.

July’s List.

Blackbird, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Magpie, Pheasant, Pied wagtail, Robin, Rook, Song Thrush, Starling, Swallow, Wood Pigeon, Wren, White Dove.

Total: 27 species

Look out for next month’s survey.

George

Hello & Welcome to the all new BeeGreen blog!

Graham & I ( The Honeybuns Green Crusaders!) are very excited that we’ll now be able to keep you up to date with all the BeeGreen news here at Naish farm. We’ll have tips & ideas on how to make your garden more attractive to wildlife &  links to interesting & inspirational websites. We’ll be posting our monthly bird surveys, results of our wildlife sighting log book, photos, hedglaying demos, movie clips & much more. If you have any green tips & comments you’d like to share please comment on the blog.

Thanks for reading,

Charlotte

Green Crusader

Honeybuns Nature Reserve