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I’m relieved to report that at least as far as Compton Verney’s grounds are concerned, the damage expected from the overnight storm hasn’t materialised. Most of the leaves are left […]

Now that the dust has settled, if not the post event gossip, I thought it worth adding a short post about the Georgian Weekend we enjoyed at the end of […]

So, with the season drawing to a close we’ve had a chat to our resident volunteer beekeeper, Rod Oates, for a review of the season. Beekeeping was introduced to Compton […]

We recently ventured out and across the East Park at Compton Verney, on a long-awaited mission to place our new barn owl boxes into position. We’ve opted for two boxes […]

The time has arrived for our Georgian Weekend at Compton Verney! Inside our beautiful mansion, the Mannered Mob are decked out in very stylish Georgian attire, with displays of embroidery, […]

An update to show a new way for us to engage with wildlife on-site at Compton Verney – a bird hide. Not the traditional one I hasten to add, but […]

Just a quick peek at the landscape view we were enjoying as part of our Heritage Open Days East Park Tours these past two days. This brings to a close […]

Well, of all the things… There I was being all supportive for a forthcoming ‘Georgian Weekend’ at Compton Verney, when a comment sprang forth from my lips: what about costumed people in the […]

Another new step for the grounds team – Heritage Open Days! More specifically, we’ll be stepping in the direction of the East Park at Compton Verney, an area yet to […]

Landscape & Garden Photography Do you have a Digital SLR camera and enjoy landscape, gardens and architecture? If so, do spare a minute as I bring you news of a […]

A few observations as I travel through the grounds of Compton Verney before work… Those clumps of Lily of the Valley I brought from home last year are establishing well, I […]

Spotted on a Sunny August afternoon in the grounds at Compton Verney, munching their way through a weedy goat willow: Lesser willow sawfly larvae, or Nematus pavidus we believe.

I bumped into beekeeper Rod on Wednesday who had an update on our newly installed bee hives at Compton Verney, particularly the latest colony to be added into the second hive. In […]

Compton Verney’s bees have certainly been enjoying the hot sunny whether we’ve been having. Our ladies have been hard at work foraging – collecting pollen to feed the brood and […]

We’ve seen these fluttering around the buildings and grounds at Compton Verney for the last few days, but they’ve always moved away before a clear identification could be managed. Today […]

Spotted by a number of us above our east park fields this week, and captured by the camera of Alwyn Knapton was this amazing Red Kite. For more information on Red […]

The link below is to a video showing the felling of a mature beech tree in the grounds of Compton Verney. The tree previously had the crown branches removed to […]

Wildlife spot today, 12th July 2013 in the Ice House Coppice at Compton Verney – a superb image of a Ruby-tailed wasp. Snapped by local wildlife photographer Ed Phillips on specialist […]

Gardening types with an eye for trees, or more accurately those who know when they see something that isn’t right, might spot something a little peculiar on route from our car park […]

Wildlife spot on Monday 8th July, a Common Toad. Spotted, along with around five others making their way clumsily across the west lawn at Compton Verney, moving from the longer wildflower grass area. Common […]