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Comma Butterfly Basking in the October Sunshine
This Comma Butterfly, with its distinctive scalloped edged wings and orange and brown colouring, was spotted basking in the October sunshine yesterday afternoon alongside The Cotswold Way.
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Tallest Willow Tree in the Cotswolds?
Standing tall between the lime tree walk and the orchard in the grounds of our Cotswold holiday cottages is this wonderful willow tree. Perhaps the tallest willow in the Cotwolds?
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Otters in the Cotswolds
Signs that otters are living in the River Churn in Gloucestershire were discovered by the Cotswold Water Park wardens in 2009 adding to recorded sightings of otters in the Severn Vale and near...
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Frosty Willow
I love our magnificent willow tree at any time of the year. It looks particularly spectacular covered in hoar frost:
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Red Deer at Broadway Tower
It is not unusual to see Red Deer, including this magnificent stag, in the grounds at Broadway Tower. The Tower, about a 40 minutes’ walk from us, sits high on the Cotswold escarpment above our...
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Quince Blossom
The flowering quince outside Willow Cottage is normally the first of the fruit trees to blossom in our grounds. With luck the squirrels will not steal the fruit when it appears and we will be able to...
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A Pheasant Nesting in the Orchard
Good Friday, at the foot of the pear tree in the orchard, amongst the tall daffodil leaves, a hen pheasant made a shallow nest. She has laid a clutch of 10 little blue green eggs and the male pheasant...
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Ducklings!
This morning 3 ducklings hatched in the nest in the reeds by the side of the pond. Shortly afterwards they dipped their feet in the water and took their first swim. We hope to post some photos soon but...
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Ducklings – an update
The 3 ducklings have become so tame that they will take food out of your hand and they are often found scrounging for food in the chicken coop. All 3 ducklings have started to lose their downy feathers...
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A Nide of Pheasants
Pheasants are not an unusual sight in our grounds in the autumn. They love to peck at the windfall apples and pears in the orchard or, if the chicken coop door is left open, feast on the hens’ layers...
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Grey Heron on Ice
Over the past few days our ornamental pond has been completely frozen over which is not surprising as the temperature outside is -6°c and falling again this evening. I was surprised, however, to see a...
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1st Day of Spring in Broadway
The UK Meteorological Office counts today, 1st March, as the first day of spring and the weather was certainly spring-like with blue skies and warm sunshine in Broadway. In the grounds, the snowdrops...
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Nesting Duck in the Grounds
In the courtyard, next to our holiday cottage, The Stables, a Mallard is nesting in the top of a large clematis about 3m off the ground. When she is sitting on the nest she completely disappears from...
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Purple Blooms in our Grounds
June in England is a great time for gardens. Despite the recent inclement weather, we have some spectacular purple blooms in the borders in our grounds:
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Nesting Woodpigeons
Earlier in the summer, a pair of woodpigeons constructed a nest of small twigs hidden high up amongst the wisteria on top of the oak rail fencing in The Stables‘ garden. Two white eggs were laid in the...
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Flowering Yucca
This summer, in the garden of The Stables holiday cottage, the Yucca filamentosa flowered. A long spike of wonderful creamy white bell-shaped flowers appeared from the centre of the plant which lasted...
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Wayside Flowers in the Cotswolds
I couldn’t resist taking photos of the poppies and wildflowers in the verge along the Wormington to Laverton road this morning: 25th June 2013 Broadway Manor Cottages
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Walk The Cotswold Way in 2014/15
Do you fancy walking the entire length of The Cotswold Way? Then join a group led by the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens walking The Cotswold Way in 10 mile stages each month starting in May 2014. On the...
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Electric Vehicle Charging Points at Broadway Manor Cottages
At Broadway Manor Cottages we have installed two electric vehicle charging points which are available free of charge to our guests staying in our Cotswold holiday cottages (a small charge may apply to...
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