This morning we taken on a guided tour of local farmlands by a local farmer, Julia Hawley of Hall Farm. We went with our friends, the Ross' and Billson's, and toured all around the flood plain and the recently built flood defences just outside Melton. On the way we saw some enormous carp in the River Eye, mayflies, banded demoiselles and a vicious looking pike lurking just under the surface.
We also came across some very curious holsteins and Aberdeen Anguses:
The river and one patch of wetland on the farmland have been designated sites of special scientific interest, and the farm received a subsidy for maintaining lots of hedgerows and areas of scrub for wildlife. So we saw plenty of unusual flora and birdlife. We even found a couple of badger toilets!
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