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Wildlife to Watch: December
Long shadows cast by the low morning sun. As December begins, the nights grow longer and the temperature drops. We are approaching the shortest day of the year, which occurs on the 21st of this month...
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Dawn Chorus Walk
Thank you to all who joined us early this morning for a dawn chorus walk around the farm and to John Archer who led our walk. Birds were singing at full strength in the morning sunshine, which was...
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An Update from our ex-Battery Hens (1.5 months later)
A fully feathered, confident hen! In early September, we welcomed a group of ex-battery hens to our flock. They were leaving behind a life in cages, and needed to adjust to free-range life! Just over a...
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The Big Garden Birdwatch at Mudchute
This weekend is the Big Garden Birdwatch, which is taking place across the country for its 35th year! Spend an hour getting outside and watching the birds that visit your garden to help us better...
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Egyptian Geese visit Mudchute
A pair of Egyptian Geese are now regular visitors to the playing field. Those visiting the playing field located between the Village Green and our Duck Pond may have noticed some unusual visitors...
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Celebrating International Dawn Chorus Day
Our intrepid group listen to chiffchaffs and robins singing. An early start was required! This morning, we celebrated International Dawn Chorus Day with a dawn chorus walk led by Tower Hamlets...
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A Feast of Plums
Plums are ripening all around our goat enclosure and the fruits are attracting a host of wildlife. You’ll hear the noisy chatter of starlings and squawking of parakeets as they feed overhead on a...
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The Big Garden Birdwatch
Blackbirds search in the leaf litter for their prey. This weekend is the Big Garden Birdwatch! The perfect excuse to get outside and meet your wild neighbours. Don’t worry if you haven’t got a garden,...
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Happy March!
Daffodills are flowering across the farm. We started March with St. David’s Day and appropriately the first daffodils in flower. It is certainly starting to look like Spring on the farm. You may have...
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Our New Aviaries
The aviaries are filled with enrichment for our birds. Our aviary birds are settling in well to their new home, their new and improved aviaries! The new aviaries offer much more space for the birds and...
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New Finch On the Block
Our piglets aren’t the only new faces in Pets’ Corner. We’ve also recently made new additions to our aviaries! Our new birds are Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata), a species found wild in Australia...
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Changing Seasons and Migrating Birds
A Spotted Flycatcher spotted at Mudchute. Photo via John Archer. The following birdwatching news comes from Tower Hamlets Biodiversity Officer John Archer. There had been a big fall of passage migrant...
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Baby Zebras! Finches that is…
We welcomed Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) to our aviaries in July and the finches have settled in very well. So well in fact that they have been busy breeding. They have been busing building...
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A Glimpse of Spring?
With cherry trees in blossom and daffodils in flower, it’s almost looking like Spring has arrived early on the farm! There are further wintry storms in the forecast, but this weekend makes it feel as...
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New Voices in Pets Corner
Have you met the newest residents of Pets Corner? If you haven’t seen the new aviary residents, you may well have heard them! Our Pets Corner aviaries are now home to a number of new canaries in a...
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Meet Our New Aylesbury Ducks
There have been many new arrivals to meet in Pets Corner, including a flock of large, handsome white ducks. These are our new Aylesbury ducks. The Aylesbury duck derives its name from the town of...
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New Ducks Big and Small!
In addition to our striking white Aylesbury ducks, we’ve also welcomed new waterfowl on our duck pond. One breed are rather large and the other rather small! The large, heavy set ducks with...
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Keeping Our Poultry Safe
The following message about Avian Influenza prevention measures comes from our Farm Manager, Tom Davis. You may have seen or heard in the media recently that DEFRA (the Department of Environment Food...
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The Wonderful Creatures of Mudchute Farm: Cockatiels
Cockatiels are native to the open woodlands of Australia. Their favourite foods are acacia seeds, berries plants, fruits and grains and other bits and pieces that they pick up off the ground....
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The Wonderful Creatures of Mudchute Farm: Magpies
Magpies are social life birds and like to stick with their mates and in larger flocks. They can roost in groups of up to 200 birds, making nests, with roofs, in trees if there is enough room. If not,...
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