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. And we can almost always make time to give you a guided tour of the nature reserve - it's our way of saying thank you for holidaying with us and making 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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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
Devon SSSI nature reserve and eco lodges - Maggie's Blog
There's a patch of creeping thistle that has run away with itself in the lodge field. All spring I meant to get on top of it. But now it has finally flowered. It looks fabulous - for now - and the mown path runs right by it. And it is just alive with bees, hoverflies, and butterflies. They are simply loving the flowers. Today in about 5 mins I saw silver washed fritillary (not common here - so that made my day), ringlet, green veined white, small white, peacock, gate keeper, small copper and some amazing-looking flies and bees which I can't identify. So here are some pictures, in defence of thistles.
Some of the best bits...
Devon wildlife on your cottage doorstep
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Conservation grazing on culm grassland 27 Jul 2010
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Glorious caterpillars and glossy beetles 26 Jul 2010
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Pond dipping 7 Jul 2010
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Orchids abound on Popehouse Moor 21 June 2010
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Hundreds of froglets and a common blue butterfly 11 June 2010
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A crab spider and growing goslings 6 June 2010
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Oh no, not again... 25 May 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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15 May 2010
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6 May 2010
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Blackthorn and cherry blossom 27 Apr 2010
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Cuckoo flowers and tadpoles 21 Apr 2010
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Eggs large and small 14 Apr 2010
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Spring cleaning the bees 4 Mar 2010
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Wild primroses and a field of daffodils. 28 Mar 2010.
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Flowering willow 14 Mar 2010
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New owl box 4 Mar 2010
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First daffodil! 27 Feb 2010
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Snow drops at last 08 Feb 2010
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Hedging 30 Jan 2010
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Winter snow 6 Jan 2010
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Happy New Year! 1 Jan 2010
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So far this year...
