Lessons from the Woods - Wildlife

Living in the woods gave us an up close and personal insight into the comings and goings of the creatures we shared the space with. Living closely alongside the wildlife of the woodland and surrounding grounds was such a privilege and something we know we might never experience in quite the same way again.

During this conversation we recounted some of our most memorable experiences with wildlife and the impact these had on us and our connection to nature and place. Featuring stoats, deer, bats, hornets and many more. We actually forgot to mention one of favourite encounters which was our nesting wren who returned year after year to raise her chicks in our porch.

We hope you enjoy this conversation, do leave any questions in the comments and we’ll answer them in our follow up episode later in the summer!

Nesting wren. Year after year wrens would nest here in our porch and we would watch as they reared their chicks.

Roe doe and her young, still with white spots.

Great spotted woodpeckers were a constant fixture to daily life in the woods.

Roe deer buck.

Common lizard on scots pine.

Roe deer buck again.

Grass snake curled up in the sun.

Fallow deer group.

Damselfly on Andrew’s hand.