Animal tales

Flying the Nest – The Early Days of Britain’s best loved animals

I bought this book to give as a gift but had to keep it. There are 50 illustrations by the painter Hannah Dale of baby […]

In the local riding stables there’s a sheep called Woolly who thinks he’s a dog. I wonder what Woolly and the hen were chatting about

I live in a rural valley in the middle of ancient woodlands in West Sussex. Our garden and the fields in this valley are lined

This week my twins were thrilled by the experience of bottle feeding some baby lambs. Usually I’m the one in our family that gets rather excited

My son, a dog and a chicken, yes an unusual trio, resting in the sun outdoors at the stables while my daughter has a riding

I remember the scramble at school on who managed to get the milk first. The best part was the creamy top in the bottle. I

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