A Week on the Estate: Storm Isha, Radio Gemma & Glorious Birds

We’re all aflutter for our brilliant wild birds! Last weekend, Jon gave Lincs Birding a tour of the Estate and they saw some bobby dazzlers. Farmer Mike saw hundreds of bramblings a stone’s throw from Sheepdip Paddock and Phil Espin counted 41 species around the parkland. Not to be outdone, Damian snapped a treecreeper and a redwing as well as greylags, teals and a heron.

If this has whetted your appetite for all things avian, don’t forget that the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch runs between Friday 26th and Sunday 28th January. As well as helping out the RSPB, we’d love our nature-loving friends and followers to take a walk around South Ormsby Estate over that weekend and do their own wild-bird counts.

For instructions, see the pinned post at the top of our Facebook page HERE. We’re always thrilled to see the results of bird counts and it gives us a clear and vivid idea of how well our regenerative approach is working.

You can find the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch HERE, our free Estate walking routes HERE and a flavour of what you might see HERE courtesy of Phil Espin.

Finally, after another week of wild, wintry weather, we thought you might enjoy a mindful moment with our charismatic trees.

Thanks to Jon and friend for the words and Damian for the pics:

‘The ancient woods of the Estate are a mystical realm where each tree is a guardian of history. These venerable trees, standing tall through centuries, share whispered tales with those who meander beneath their canopies. These stories, woven from the fabric of time, speak of past loves, hidden treasures and the simple beauty of nature’s cycle. As one walks through these woods, they feel the gentle brush of history, like a soft breeze, revealing the Estate’s rich tapestry of life and legend.’

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