YOUNGSTERS flocked to a farm open day near Haslemere on Saturday.

Surrey County Agricultural Society was supporting the open day at Imbhams Farm part of Surrey Farm and Food Week.

It was also timed to coincide with the Haslemere Food Festival and the Haslemere 30 TasteFest at Haslemere Museum on Saturday.

The children and parents enjoyed a "habitat walk" led by farm owner Margaret Barlow and Jim 'Wildlife' Jones from Surrey Wildlife Trust, after seeing a flock of Jacob sheep,

Children helped to build a new high-rise "bug hotel", using old pallets, Jacob fleece, branches, old clay tiles, bricks, pipes and lots of dry twigs, hay and leaves to provide a perfect stop-over next to one of the key "hedgerow highways," which were planted earlier this year by local pupils as part of Forest School outdoor activities.

Jim said: "It was really good to be able to engage with such important, young and enthusiastic age groups as they will be nature's guardians in the future.

Haslemere licensed bat expert Martyn Phillips talked about the ancient woodland habitats at Imbhams Farm that need to survive to support the UK species of common pipistrelle and serotine bats.

For more pictures, see this week's Haslemere Herald.