ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½page

Accessibility links

  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
Notifications
  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • Food
More menu
  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • Food
Close menu
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk
The Countryside Hour
  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • Episodes
  • Clips
  • Galleries
  • Podcast
  • Contact
Main content

The Countryside Hour Bee orchids, chicken fungus, and a very tricky "rural riddle" Chris Skinner's High Ash Farm at Caistor St Edmund - Monday 22nd June 2015

It wasn't the sunniest of summer days, but there was plenty to be seen on Chris's farm.

  • It's a dog's life on High Ash Farm
  • Wild honeysuckle by the side of a road running through the farm
  • Skinner's honeysuckle
  • One of the High Ash Farm oak trees
  • Looking up at the distinctive "chicken of the woods" fungus on the wound from a branch probably cut off in the early 1900s
  • The distinctive fungus
  • Oxeye daisies and viper's buglosses
  • Chris Skinner in his natural habitat!
  • Another view of Chris with the oxeye daisies
  • The viper's bugloss
  • A bee at work on the daisies
  • It wasn't the best day for bees
  • Next, Chris showed us this incredible bee orchid
  • Chris is very proud of his bee orchid
  • Pointing out the pollen
  • In the same field as the bee orchid are many patches of white dwarf clover
  • More bees buzzing about
  • A close-up of one of the bees

This gallery is from

  • The Countryside Hour—Bee orchids, chicken fungus, and a very tricky "rural riddle"

    Chris Skinner joins stand-in presenter Paul Hayes with more of the sounds of his farm.

    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk

Galleries

  • Fairy fungus!—Fairy rings

  • Chris Skinner's High Ash Farm at Caistor St Edmund - Monday 13th August 2018—With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes

  • Chris Skinner's High Ash Farm at Caistor St Edmund - Monday 6th August 2018—With Chris Skinner and Paul Hayes

  • Chris Skinner's High Ash Farm at Caistor St Edmund - Monday 1st August 2016—Ragwort and Himalayan balsam

See all galleries from The Countryside Hour (18)

Related Content

Similar programmes

By genre:

  • Factual > ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½s & Gardens > Gardens
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Norfolk homepage
  • Schedules
  • Contact us

Explore the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • Food
  • Terms of Use
  • About the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ emails for you
Copyright © 2025 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.