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There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting…

There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number one.

There are not sufficent ammount of photographs for tomorrow Photo page.

A GREAT TIT AT A BIRD FEEDING AREA AT BOLTON ABBEY LYNNE

A pair of ducks at Savil Gardens in Surrey. Bec.

These Collared Doves are getting quite tame. GJ.

The red Squirrel at Formby. Angela.

A sign at formby. Angela.

We managed to get the new Lake camera working this afternoon. I even put it on webcam two, but for for some reason it stopped working. I think that I may know what the problem is, and as long as I can get a few jobs finished early tomorrow I will try to get it going.

We have located it on a current telegraph pole along the Farm drive. We may get a bit of grief from BT, we will just have to wait and see. The camera is very well situated overlooking the Lake. We are able to get right into the island to watch the Goose on her nest. Yes she is nesting and by the look over the past couple of days she is incubating the eggs. The Gander quite often sits with the Goose on the island. We have never seen that before on the Lake. They also use the ramp to get on and off of the island. Hopefully you will be able to see it tomorrow. The new camera is also able to see the Pond that is out of view of the current Lake camera, just behind the Lake. The new camera will also be a good security camera for the Farm, as we are able to see most of our drive. I think that it is going to be an interesting webcam.

An Electrician who was putting the electric to the new camera saw one of the Lambs in the stream by the side of the Lake. How it got there we will never know. It is the Minty’s Lamb, the last Lamb that was born. If the Electrician had not seen it in the stream it would now be dead. As it is the Lamb is not very well and we are unsure if it will survive. We have had to bring it into the Farm House to keep it warm and to dry it out. Minty has been calling for it. If it does survive I am not sure if Minty will accept it back.

Thornton is doing very well. With us putting him on to the Ewe when we found him, to hopefully get some colostrum must have worked. Bottle feeding him is making him grow a little quicker than his twin. Tass and Kye are intrigued by Thornton and wont leave him alone, but the Lamb is managing. We wouldn’t leave Thornton on his own with the dogs as we are sure that they would finish up killing him, whilst what they would think as playing.

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There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting…

There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number eleven. I am sure that there must be some good photographers who have not yet sent any photographs in for the Photo page.

statue is at the visitor centre,Grizedale Forest, Cumbria. Carol.

I am not a gardener so dont know what this is called there was lots of the trees at formby Angela.

These mallards were snapped in Monmouth today. G.J.

Needs no introduction, Fluffed up Robin waiting for food. Judy.

A TREE WITH VERY WET ROOTS !!! LYNNE.

I thought that you may like to see a couple of emails from Simon in Anderlucia, who is installing the camera for the Griffon Vulture webcam.

Hi, I climbed today with matt but we could not get the camera in the spot we wanted, simple reason, it was the last 6ft that we could not get across, the limestone is all fractured and loose and all 3 of the safety anchors we put in would fail under any pressure from a fall, we could not go any further. We decided to move away from the nest across the face and slightly above which is where we put the bracket I made for the camera, it is the only option. We fixed safety lines for me as I have to return tomorrow and place the camera to the bracket, and drop the power and signal cable down the face to the panel and battery which I also have to carry up tomorrow. I shall get Nyhal the computer man up there the day after to sit in Gerrys house and check the focus while I am at the camera. There may be a small and I stress SMALL chance I can work my way a few metres closer to the nest once it is up and running but we shall think about that later there is plenty of time, the chick is stuck there for months, I shall obviously set the focus to be as sharp as possible but for now the distance to the nest is what it is, so we shall see the result very soon. I have had a heavy cold for 5 days I have no voice and a blocked nose and today was dangerous hard work, ontop of that I am sunburnt and scratched to xxxx from thorns and stinging nettles so , I am out of contact and in bed until sunrise tomorow. I will e,mail you tomorrow night and confirm all the wires have been connected to the to the panel and battery etc etc. Nyhal will then help as I said before and then it will be up and running.
Cheers. Simon.

Hi. I hauled up the battery and panel yesterday and connected the wires. My computer guy is coming with me tomorrow to sit at the computeer while I climb up and set the focus. I will email you from Gerrys house when it is done. We could not pre set the focus because we had no idea where the camera was going to be and yesterday the computer guy was not available so tomorrow it is. Just so as you know Matt and I spent 7 hours climbing 5 of those hanging on ropes from a vertical face, and yesterday was 4 hours alone on the face, over 80 degrees farenheit, with no shade, threading the cable to the panel and battery.The face is full of thorns and vegetation so you cant throw the cable or it would be snagged in a hundred places. Cheers Simon.

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There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting…

There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six. I am sure that there must be some good photographers who have not yet sent any photographs in for the Photo page.

The osprey nest at the Loch of the Lowes, taken last year from the hide. I hope you can see the osprey on the tallest tree in the middle of the picture. Carol.

Dave has bought a new telephoto lens for his fancy camera here is one of the first results !!
Lynne.

A Coot trying to cross the Frozen Lake at Rufford. I called this one “Dancing On Ice”. Judy.

The Daffs at Formby. Angela.

Meet Mr Beany and Miss Fuzz,they are well travelled bears.Beany has just come back from Killinmanjarna Tanzania and Kenya,He loves going on Safari He comes from Whitworth,this was Taken last year when fuzz was on a visit up from Kent they were going to the Northern war musuem In Salford in the Lowrey Centre Its not the first time they have been searchedboth have been through the x-ray machines in airports (Fuzzes owner) Angela.

Sorry there will be no Diary for a couple of days unless something interesting happens. But Peter at the Lock has made an entry on the Forum.

Thornton is back at Denbury as he nearly made a meal for a dog where he was staying.