Fox cub!

 It has been lovely seeing new life on the farm this Spring including a blackbird nesting in our old shed,  great tits successfully fledging from one of our bird boxes, ducklings and moorhen chicks on the ponds but especially last evening I was able to spend over 10 minutes watching a young fox cub exploring in the orchard until it trotted off.  














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