Stone Curlews by David Thelwell

Tidgrove is a small country estate in North Hampshire comprising a number of listed period properties surrounded by a mixture of parkland, woodland and farmland with three lakes each strategically placed both for amenity and conservation purposes.

During the medieval period Tidgrove was the site of a royal palace complex used by the norman kings both for sporting pursuits and as a convenient stop over between their domains in England and France.

For the last quarter of a century the farmland has been the subject of a habitat improvement project to re-introduce and re-establish threatened species of both flora and fauna, put under increasing pressure by the speed, customs and constraints of modern agricultural practice.

The estate now provides suitable breeding habitats for an increasing  number of rare birds including Stone Curlews, Lapwings and most of the native varieties of Owl

In 2022 we doubled our moth count boasting over 70 species. This has more than doubled since 2021.