We run our farm for you to enjoy and as a safe haven for Devon's wonderful wildlife. A third of the farm is a site of special scientific interest (SSSI). This national designation marks Popehouse Moor out as amongst the best sites for culm grassland wildlife in Devon. When you holiday at our lodges and cottage the whole farm is yours to explore and relax in. And we can almost always make time to give you a guided tour of the nature reserve. Thank you for holidaying with us - your stay makes our wildlife conservation possible.
This blog is about our wildlife management as we strive to make the farm even better for our dormice, badgers, foxes, owls, orchids....
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Proper snow 18 Dec 2010
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A dormouse ready for its winter sleep 21 Nov 2010
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A grass snake... 14 September 2010
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Close encounters 04 Sep 2010
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Conservation grazing on Popehouse Moor 27 Jul 2010
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crabspider and growing goslings 6 June 2010
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The other hive swarms... 24 May 2010
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The bees swarm 23 May 2010
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Just a taste of honey 2/9/09
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snow reaches Devon 3/2/09
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Summer into autumn 29/9/08
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Greening up 6/6/08
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Goslings galore 22/5/08
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Pipit chick 22/5/08
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Caution, cows at work 24/9/07
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Flowers and flutterbys 30/7/07
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Orchids in Popehouse Moor 19/6/07
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Is it night time yet? 29/4/07
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All aflame, 26/2/07
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We're proud to have gold level approval from both the Devon Wildlife Trust and the Green Tourism Businesss Scheme
Vindicated! Untidyness by the office window has benefited the goldfinches - which are busy stripping the seeds from dead teasel heads. This picture was snapped through the fairly grimy glass, and I'm surprised it came out as well as it has. They are such beautiful little birds, cheering up winter days.
Some of the best bits...
Devon wildlife on your cottage doorstep
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First frog spawn 31 Jan 2012
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Scrub bashing on Popehouse Moor 18 Jan 12
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Happy New Year 1 Jan 12
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A fox hunting in front of the lodges 15 Dec 11
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winter fungi 4 Dec 2011
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A nuthatch, our robin and another red admiral 18 Nov 2011
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Clouds of butterflies, and the cows go home 19 Oct 2011
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autumn toadstools 17 Sep 11
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more summer flowers 11 Aug 11
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summer flowers and stocks13 Jul 2011
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Another swarm of bees 8 Jun 11
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so many froglets... 11 June 2011
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Heath spotted orchids on Popehouse Moor 5 June 2011
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28 May
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Hear the dawn chorus without leaving your bed! 15 May 2011
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Easter flowers 24 April 2011
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Bigger chicks and spring butterflies 13 Apr 11
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Tiny chicks 29 Mar 2011
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Beautiful blue eggs 20 Mar 2011
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Tadpoles and fields of daffodils 10 Mar 2011
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Wheatland Farm
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