At the top of the bank, at the boundary with the common land, I found the hare.

The hare's presence, though broadly free from man-made borders, was a timely reminder of the existence of borderlines, whether visible or not.

The approaching storm and the threat of lightning forced us all to run for cover and the safety of our own respective homes.

Filmed in August 2022.

Music by Olan Mill.

The wonder here, in many ways, is the unexpected.

The rain arrived, and I was forced to take refuge under a canopy of hawthorn blossoms. It was only then I noticed the Redstarts and their home.

Filmed in June 2021.

Music by Chequerboard.

Boxing hares, to me, are synonymous with spring; so it was with surprise that I saw two hares square off and do the rounds in early October.

Filmed in October 2020.

Music by Chequerboard.

It was a quiet day. I was positioned in the shadow of a large Horse Chestnut tree. I had been manoeuvring to be as close to the hare in its form as I dared. To my rear, the valley and a view of the days farming activities.

I was then joined by one of the fields more permanent residents. It felt, for a moment, as though the two of us stopped and watched the roundup together.

Filmed in September 2020.

Music by Chequerboard.

There have always been Tawny Owls here. Heard but rarely seen, it nonetheless has been a reassuring presence. On a single winter’s night I have counted six individual owls calling.

Two years ago, I bought an owl box and hung it in the large tree in the corner of the field, and this summer a single owl has spent the days high up in the canopy of that tree.

Little appears to go unnoticed.

Filmed between July and October 2019.

Music by Slow Meadow.

"What is?"

"The Kestrel is", I said.

The Windhover is back.

It's been absent from this corner of the common for two years now. Its return is reassuring.

Filmed in September 2018.

Music by Chequerboard.

I noticed the flock gathered at the corner of the common. It's out of the wind here. There hasn't been room in the sheds for these expectant mothers and so their lambs have been born in the open. But unlike those born in the sheds these lambs have no coloured dye denoting ownership yet. They are optic white and they share the same ground as the hares that also live in the corner of the common.

Filmed in April 2018.

Music by Phaeleh.

"I have been watching this view since I was a boy".

Filmed between November 2016 and January 2017.

Music by Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker.

I accepted the invite.

The pool is ordinarily hidden from view. Its existence is a topographical surprise. Lying directly behind the farm, approximately 4 acres of water almost touches the sky.

It's the cross road for many ecologies.

Filmed in November 2016.

Music by Olan Mill.

My journey home takes me across a piece of ancient common land. Until recently my sightings of hares have been fleeting.

By a bend in the track, there it was.

Filmed in July 2016.

Music by A Winged Victory for the Sullen.

This is the first story from ISFRYN.

I had always hoped a hare may live in the field. I came across it by chance. I was looking for the tawny owl who had been roosting in a horse-chestnut tree all summer, and there, in the long grass of its shade, it was.

Filmed in September 2016.

Music by Lisa Knapp.