25-04-2022 · Fresh meadow hay spread last autumn onto thick grass and trampled by ponies has enabled this patch of yellow rattle to germinate.

07-05-2022 · Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) are spreading from adjacent woodland into the south-west corner of the meadow.

03-06-2022 · Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) growing for the first time down the side of the east hedge, 14 months after the hedge was laid after being untouched for over 40 years.

03-06-2022 · Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) growing for the first time down the side of the west hedge, 14 months after the hedge was laid after being untouched for over 40 years.

03-06-2022 · A new patch of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) in flower down the steep eastern side.

03-06-2022 · Unidentified fungus.

03-06-2022 · Unidentified fungus growing on pony dung.

03-06-2022 · A large patch of yellow rattle from fresh meadow hay trampled in by last year's ponies, the flower heads now chopped by deer.

11-08-2022 · View from across the valley, the evening sunshine showing the parched hillside.

22-09-2022 · Numerous little froglets hopping around at the top of the meadow, quite a long way from the nearest pond or puddle.

24-09-2022 · Return of the ponies (day 2, Dartmoors this time) for a few weeks of grazing.

06-11-2022 · The ponies have almost finished cropping the meadow and will soon be let into adjacent land for a week or two.

12-11-2022 · View down the field showing the effectiveness of autumn-cropping by moorland ponies.