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This is another upload after realising errors in the previous. A short video to mark the start of the 2024 Orchid season

The Christmas Sale at Pennyhooks is always a special event and this year even more so with the announcement of the New Year Honours List ...

An update on how the Orchid season is progressing on the Reserve - a bumper year with all of the Volunteer's hard work over the last year paying off with a spectacular display.

After a lot of care and attention to the ground by Friends of Tuckmill Volunteers, the month of May saw the start of the Orchid Season and the result of that labour. It is marvellous to see and it's only just the beginning ...

There has been lots of rain in the last two months and recently Pennyhooks Valley reverted back to the way it was formed many thousands of years ago. But the wildlife adapts to the water and life goes on ...

A short video to mark the beginning of the Orchid season - to be followed up by more as the year progresses

A brief look at what has been picked up on the static cameras in various locations along the river during January ...

Everyone at Pennyhooks was happy to be able to put on the Pennyhooks Christmas Sale again. A lot of preparation had gone into it with the students producing more Christmas goodies than ever before ...

In the next part of the story of the Orchids of Tuckmill Meadows, we look at the process of the flowers dying away and the seed pods forming. We then look at the seed pods as they mature and start to burst open.

After all the disruption caused by the pandemic, it was nice that Pennyhooks were able to hold their traditional Summer Open Day 2022.

The survey of the orchids continues as we go past the stage of blooming and in to the stage of seeding. This short video shows the process and some short explanations in general.

Volunteers at the Wilts & Berks Canal at Shrivenham, just a few years ago cleared part of a dense area of Blackthorn to leave to nature. The result has been various wild flowers have made it their home including some lovely Pyramidal Orchids, and their numbers continue to grow ...

The Orchid Survey continues and we are now beginning to obtain useful data. We know the exact location of the patches in which they are growing, their numbers, the failure rate among the rosettes and the species. Here is an update.

There is a wide diversity of wildlife at Pennyhooks Farm and cameras are placed around it to capture what goes on - especially at night ...

The Orchids of Tuckmill Meadows Part 2

The Orchids of Tuckmill Meadows Part 1

Masses of Marigolds at Tuckmill Meadows

Tuckmill Meadows April 2022

Work at Tuckmill Meadow

Pennyhooks Wildlife Dec 21

The new path

Making Hay

Pennyhooks Valley in the Stone Age

Pennyhooks Haymaking 2021

Making Hay

Early May Badgers

Flight around Pennyhooks Farm

Trouble at the Farm

Tuckmill Meadows Spring 2021