Jenkin Hill Cottage News

The three Bassenthwaite Osprey chicks reared this year on Dodd fell have fledged. Two females and a male, they will soon be taught how to catch their own fish by the adult male.

View a video showing some of the flowers and plants in our garden.  

Most of our vistors will be familiar with Duncan the raven who takes stale bread & toast from the lawn and dunks it in the birdbath before eating it. He also picks up as much bread as possible to take back to tne nest, sometimes being almost unable to take flight, and frequently dropping chunks [...]