Challacombe Farm

The pale Buzzard retreats

We are at Challacombe Farm when we see four Buzzards overhead. It’s that time of year again, when there are territorial battles …

We arrive at Challacombe Farm to a piggy greeting. It’s clearly pleased to see us and trots alongside us for ten minutes …

We arrive at Challacombe farm to find a happy, inquisitive pig. It’s quite small and not too intimidating. It follows us as …

These chickens at Challacombe Farm have the look of an ancient painting about them. The farm is owned, like 52,760 hectares of land and …

A few months ago we had a trip to Dartmoor and saw Barn Swallows enjoying some of their first weeks of flying. …

I’ve been to Challacombe Farm before. It’s teeming with animals for food and fun

Waxcap fungi thrive on damp, ‘unimproved’ grassland, or rather grassland which hasn’t be ruined by artificial fertiliser or herbicides. A trip to …

Challacombe Farm is on Dartmoor. It’s part of the 135,000 acres owned by the Duchy of Cornwall to the benefit of Charles …

Being delicious to humans has been one of the most successful evolutionary strategies of recent times. Farm animals now outweigh wild ones, …