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in the field KS1
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Cutting
winter vegetables
 Fields
of cauliflower
and cabbage
are harvested
in Cornwall
through the
winter months.
See if you
can find the
Cornish cauliflowers
or cabbage
in the supermarket
when you go
shopping.
Vegetable
crops like
cauliflower
are cut by
hand. Teams
of workers
make their
way across
the field,
cutting the
plants that
are ready
and loading
them on to
big trailers
that follow
behind.
The
cauliflowers
and cabbages
are packed into
trays in the
trailer ready
to be delivered
to the supermarkets
and local shops.
Each year about
2,000 hectares
of cauliflower
are grown in
Cornwall. That's
about 25 million
cauliflowers!
After the best
of the crop
has been cut,
cattle or sheep
are sometimes
turned into
the field to
eat up the rest.
No problem getting
these girls
to eat their
greens!
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Farmland
birds
Fields
where the stalks
of the last cereal
crop have not yet
been ploughed in
are called stubble.
They provide a great
winter feeding ground
for all sorts of
birds. Rooks, jackdaws,
lapwings, gulls,
wood pigeons, skylarks
and starlings are
just some of the
birds you might
see feeding in the
stubble.
 Pheasants,
large birds with
long tails, also
look for grain and
shoots to eat there.
The male birds with
their richly coloured
green and red heads
are easy to spot.
The females are
quite drab, with
pale brown and black
feathers.
A buzzard perched
high up on a tree
or telegraph pole
will be keeping
a lookout for any
small mammals in
the grass at the
edge of the field.
Farming
activities, like
ploughing and muckspreading,
attract birds to
feed on the worms
and insects that
are uncovered. You
will often see a
flock of gulls following
a tractor and plough
moving across a
field.
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