Sam The Sheep

This year’s weaners safely installed and already growing like weeds 🐽

Started the lambs on creep properly now. Need to take some of the strain from their mamas!

Hippo, Charlie and her triplets. Three generations of Hippos sharing a meal 👑🐑😇

Dandelion and fritillary just starting to peek up out of the ground, and the in-lamb ewes are getting quite wide. Once the weather warms up next week spring should really get going 🐝🐑🌸

🚨30 days to lambing! 😱🐑😈

Queen bumble also joining the crocus party!

It may be blowing an absolute hooley out there (and it is) but the bees are out in force working the crocus clumps in the sun 🐝💨💪

I’ve left a bit for you!

Lots of these dragonflies around at the moment. Beautifully intricate patterns on wings 🐉

Beautiful autumn pup walk through the village today 🌞🍁

Seen reports of asian hornet sightings in Rayleigh, Essex 👿☹️. It’s the start of their peak season, but hopefully not many more this year 🤞

Every shepherdess needs a trusty whippet to wait patiently until she’s finished trimming feet 💖🔵🐶

This poor apple tree doesn’t know if it’s coming or going. Never seen blossom and mature fruit together before, let alone in September 😳

They were not happy to see me, but they’re doing well. Still over 5 frames, but at least they’re safely down to one box and apivar on 👍🐝

7 Red Arrows just powered across the sky in formation. Who ordered the fly past?! 🔴✈️

That’s more like it - huge gutter-breaching, visibility nullifying rain storms now😅💃🏻🥳. What we need, even with the inevitable power cuts 🤷🏻‍♀️

Rain! We’ve just had some rain 🥳🎉🍾. The sheep have already started on the hay we’ve been putting out for them (in August 😱), but with a bit more of the wet stuff we might get some of the crispy brown pasture back to green before autumn sets in🤞🤞

You’re spoiling us, Hive 5! 🌟🐝🍯

Goaty and her Goatlings. With Bobble, who has taken to palling around with Goaty 🤷🏻‍♀️

Little Star teaching her lambs how to forage in the shade, and all about clover and trefoil 🌟🐑