Bliss and Misty arrived at their new home in Chantilly at about 10.30am this morning. When I spoke to the Horse Transporter Driver, he assured me that they had both travelled very well and had not sweated up at all, always a good sign. The sea crossing was from Portsmouth was very calm. Both Fillies unloaded in his words, like old pros, pity the didn’t load as well. At the moment they are stabled next to each other. I must admit that I am relieved that they have arrived with no problems. It is not nice going out to the stables and yard without them being there, I reckon that it will take a good few days to get use to it. I will be travelling to Chantilly within the next few days, and I will let you know what it is like and how Bliss and Misty are. I shall also take a few photos to show you on the website.
The Red Deer Stag and the Hinds must be in the woods around Denbury. I saw the young Stag who was with them and being chased off on Monday night, but not the main herd. The young Stag would not have been far from the Herd. With a bit of luck they may be around tonight. The Stag came very close to the camera last night and I managed to get a good close in on the camera . I pretty sure that I saw eyes through the mist when that came down.
What we have seen over the past couple of days to our surprise, right above Lady’s stable was a Sparrow feeding a fledgling. We have also seen a lot of Blackbirds near the Farm House, and it looked very much as if two might have been mating. I will keep a look out to see if they have a nest.
I spoke to the Scottish Wildlife Trust about their webcams not working. Peter the Manager has had an accident. As he is the only person looking after the Lock of the Lowe’s visitors centre in the Winter there is no one else to get the webcams going. They will be back ASAP. Fortunately Denbury Farm has had some good wildlife visiting.