visiting wildlife

It has been very wet down at the Green Patch this week but not too cold, -good grower's weather! There are two pheasants that strut around, the cock disappeared when he saw me on Monday.
In the Autumn one day when I went down there was a flock of baby partridges in a polytunnel, probably from the Boughton estate though it's nearly 3 miles to the breeding pens.
Some grass-snakes have also been seen at the large pond.
I hope we get plenty of insects in the hedges, because they attract birds and spiders which will kill the pests. We are growing some companion plants for insects too, marigolds, nasturtiums, buddleia and cosmos.