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Bearded Dragon at Smithills Open Farm
Smithills Open Farm is a working farm which is run as a visitor attraction (http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/ farm website). As well as traditional farm animals (cows, sheep, pigs, goats etc) the farm is also home to a number of other animals and has a small reptile house containing snakes and this Bearded Dragon lizard which is native to Australia. The name "bearded" refers to the "beard" of the lizard, the underside of the throat which turns black if they are stressed or see a potential rival.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.02 miles
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Smithills Open Farm
Smithills Open Farm is a working farm which is run as a visitor attraction (http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/ farm website).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.02 miles
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Smithills Open Farm
Working farm, within the Smithills Country Park, open to visitors.
http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/home.html farm website
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 20 Nov 2010
0.02 miles
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Smithills Open Farm
Working farm, within the Smithills Country Park, open to visitors.
http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/home.html farm website
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 20 Nov 2010
0.02 miles
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Inside the Cow Barn at Smithills Open Farm
Smithills Open Farm is a working farm which is run as a visitor attraction (http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/ farm website). Amongst the other attractions, visitors are able to watch the cows being milked both by hand and robotically.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.02 miles
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Smithills Open Farm Car Park
Image: © Richard Cooke
Taken: 28 Sep 2021
0.03 miles
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Meerkat at Smithills Open Farm
Smithills Open Farm is a working farm which is run as a visitor attraction (http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/ farm website). As well as traditional farm animals (cows, sheep, pigs, goats etc) the farm is also home to a number of other animals including a clan or gang (group) of meerkats.
The meerkat is a small carnivore belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae). Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. Despite their cute appearance and their popularity in a certain TV advertising campaign, Meerkats make poor pets. They can be aggressive especially toward guests and may bite. They will scent-mark their owner and the house as part of their “territory” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8716000/8716037.stm BBC).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.03 miles
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Meerkat at Smithills Open Farm (2)
Smithills Open Farm is a working farm which is run as a visitor attraction (http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/ farm website). As well as traditional farm animals (cows, sheep, pigs, goats etc) the farm is also home to a number of other animals including a clan or gang (group) of meerkats.
The meerkat is a small carnivore belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae). Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. Despite their cute appearance and their popularity in a certain TV advertising campaign, Meerkats make poor pets. They can be aggressive especially toward guests and may bite. They will scent-mark their owner and the house as part of their “territory” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8716000/8716037.stm BBC).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.03 miles
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Harricroft Farm
Near Smithills Hall, Smithills Coaching House restaurant and the Raveden brook nature trail, this farm is open to visitors.
Image: © Margaret Clough
Taken: 9 Feb 2006
0.05 miles
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Raveden Brook
Looking north from the bridge at Deene Road.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 20 Nov 2010
0.06 miles