This Clifden Nonpareil, or Blue Underwing, was an unexpected but welcome addition to the moth list last night. A Red Underwing gives a size comparison.

This Comma butterfly was enjoying some of this years rare October sunshine. It was feeding on ivy flowers in a farm hedge, and preparing to hibernate before breeding next spring.

It was great to this Roe deer family over the weekend.

 Thank you Ellie for sending these photos of our beans in action. The 3 plates on the left show a purple bean colour test: the top plate has boiled beans, the middle ones were steamed and those on the bottom plate were stir fried in a little oil. The bean salad on the right is seriously delicious and ideal for a light Summer meal (dry white wine and crusty bread obligatory companions!).

Had a look this afternoon in one of our pumpkin patches. I spotted this plant that has 4 good-sized pumpkins set on it already. Normally this variety would give us one or maybe 2 big fruits so it could be a good pumpkin season coming up!

This Jewel Wasp, Hedychrum nobile, is a new farm species this year, and only the second record for Worcestershire. It is parasitic on the digger wasp Cerceris arenaria.

Putting in a fly through flap has allowed a pair of Swallows to nest in our shed, whilst maintaining security.