Burwash Manor Farm

Spent a very pleasant afternoon at Burwash Manor Farm being shown around by the owner Michael Radford. The farm is run organically with plenty of areas set aside for wildlife. For more details, see http://burwashmanorfarm.com/

There are strips of land seeded with local wild flowers - beetle banks to encourage beneficial insects such as ground beetles that consume slug eggs and other species that predate aphids. Lots of large skippers were enjoying the Greater Knapweeds that are just coming into flower.

There are also several shallow ponds which encourage several dragonfly species and also ducks - this baby mallard had got separated from its mother and travelled at high speed to catch up.

Not a very good picture of a female Black-tailed Skimmer as it would insist on landing on the ground so the wings could not be seen.