This week, Ben demonstrates how to build a hibernaculum to help overwintering animals stay warm. You will need: a spade, some rocks, logs, leaf litter and old pipes.

This week Ben gets back to his favourite activity - pond dipping! After a wonderful encounter with nighttime newts, he looks for signs of successful breeding in the deepest pond on the farm.

After a quick catch up with our pregnant ewes, Ben takes a look at the importance of the traditional land management technique Coppicing.

In this monthly update from the farm we explore how animals cope with Winter in order to survive the freezing temperatures and reduced food supplies.

In this short episode we catch up with some extremely exciting visitors that we've seen on the farm via camera traps.

Autumn is here and we're taking a look at one of the most important processes in the plant world; seed and spore dispersal. Remember that you can send in your Wild Encounters via out Facebook page or by email.

Where have all the wolves gone? In this episode we take a look at food webs, the balance of wildlife within an ecosystem and the potential for reintroducing apex predators to the British Isles. How Wolves Change Rivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q&t=5s

After the excitement of our 24 hour filming expedition for Episode 10 we take a step back to basics and have a look at the incredible trees that make up the landscape on the farm.

The second part of our 24hour filming expedition shows the results of the moth capture and examines both the common and uncommon creatures that reside on the farm.

We're celebrating over 20 weeks of filming with a special episode, filmed in 24 hours on the farm!

Introduced species are now a common sight across the British Isles, so we're taking a look at the potential problems these animals and plants can cause, along with their benefits.

Butterflies have been emerging in clouds and add stunning pops of colour amongst the tall grasses on the farm. Here are our top ten that you can spot on your daily walks.

This week, Ben is back and we take a look at the changes that the farm has gone through over the last 10 weeks since lockdown began.

With the arrival of Summer comes an extraordinary emergence of insects, birds and amphibians. We take a look at these amazing transformations in detail and explain the fascinating processes involved.

Our third and final episode of Wild Encounters, from now on this series will be combined with By The Brook, so make sure you join us next week! This episodes looks at our wild encounters over the last week as well as Top Ten With Ben featuring incredible Corvids.

With swallows arriving on the farm, we take a look at migrations and the local movement of animals across the country.

The second episode of Wild Encounters shows some exciting footage from our camera traps as well as Top Ten with Ben featuring the overlooked dung beetle!

Taking a look at the mini-beasts, this episode explores the vital importance of these tiny creatures and their role in greater ecosystems. Wildlife Trust guide: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-build-bug-mansion