Rural animals are a hit on the internet
Log onto these internet sensations from hencam to a Jack Russell with a talent for bursting balloons


Rural animals create traffic
Country Life has noticed a growing trend in British wildlife causing heavy traffic-not by scampering, trotting or waddling across our highways and byways, but by becoming internet sensations. From live webcams to one-off clips, it seems the world is fascinated by our feathered and furry friends and their eccentric behaviour.
Here are a few of our favourites
24-hour bee-cam in Melton Mowbray
One Jack Russell versus 74 balloons
Follow the daily goings-on in a Yorkshire chicken house
Phoebe the terrier dries herself after a bath
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