The swallows (or are they swifts?) have not only arrived but activity in the stable, to which they have returned for at least the past five years, suggests chicks have already hatched! More importantly though, one of my little partridge bantams has been sitting very patiently on a clutch of six eggs for the past three weeks and I was beginning to wonder whether she would be successful when yesterday we noticed two amber coloured fluffballs - yahoo! Sadly, before the other four had a chance to hatch the mother hen had got bored and abandoned them allowing them to get cold and die. Sad, but that's life as they say! Come to stay at The Barn in Medstead near Alton in Hampshire in springtime and you too could enjoy these spectacles. See http://www.barfordfarmhouse.com/ for more details of our self-catering or bed and breakfast accommodation and facilities.
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