Althorp House before the heavy hail storm yesterday. Conservation@Althorp.com #althorppark

@FrancesBeeton Looks like a B52 bomber when flying.

@FrancesBeeton Thomas & James?

The scarlet elf Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) is a bright red/orange fungi with a distinctive cup shape. I often find them in our damper woodlands at Althorp, especially in February. They always cheer up these grey, damp mornings. Conservation@althorp.com #fungi #Spencerestates

@AnnaFarrar21 They like to frequent the same territory once settled. We have some roosts that have been used for many years.

One of Althorps barn owls in one of Althorps barns. Conservation@althorp.com

@GlavenEel Yes- absolutely right. My error. All excellent bodies.

@indoors_remain Not always that wee!

@StacieP62036695 They are, Wallaby meets koala bear!

@missingmass1 Hearing them around Nobottle a lot at the moment.

@CookO2 My Grandparents did too.

@AmiesPhilip Thank you, Phillip. I will do that and let you know. Certainly a very interesting tree.

@T3c1 Possibly.

@StacieP62036695 @ScarecrowNeste1 Yes.

@StacieP62036695 @ScarecrowNeste1 We do have cases, very robust measures are in place, especially in the poultry industry. It is currently viewed as being less prevalent than it was previously in the UK.

@JamesKnigh18188 @SteveCaple4 It was.

@ScarecrowNeste1 Put an almost clean rats skull in my pocket yesterday! Another for my collection.

A goldfinches beak is unusually fine and pointed for a finch. it is perfectly adapted for extracting fine seeds such as teasel. conservation@althorp.com