Cheryl has shared a photo of her rarely seen son Bear as they enjoyed a weekend away in the countryside. The singer , 41, shares her seven-year-old with former One Direction singer Liam Payne , 30. Over the years they have chosen to keep him out of the public eye and have never shared a photo of his face publicly.

However, this weekend Cheryl did offer fans a glimpse of him when uploading a reel of photos and videos of them on holiday. Some snaps showed Cheryl feeding chickens, relaxing on a hammock, watching a sunset and also stargazing and watching the Northern lights in a field with her son. ‘There’s really no place like the English countryside when the sun is shining ☀️ , and as if it couldn’t get any better .

. the northern lights even shone for us too 💫✨thank you Ben and Paul @thecountryhousediaries , it really couldn’t have been more perfect,’ she captioned her post. Earlier this year, Liam shared a photo of Bear on Instagram.

In the photo the singer obscured his son’s face as he showed Bear looking up at a billboard in London’s Leicester Square advertising Liam’s new single Teardrops. ’I want to be on a billboard one day daddy 🐻 ❤️’, Liam wrote in the caption, as the photo captured the back of Bear’s brunette locks in front of a promotional banner for his tune. Cheryl has previously said that while her son was aware his parents were famous in their own rights, and he found it ‘pretty cool’, she wanted him to have a ‘normal ch.