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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Some fungi pictures for Jordan . Let me know what he identifies them as. All take next to the ranger station at Roche A Cri State Park , Adams-Friendship , Wisconsin , under some red pines. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

I had hoped that the Northern Lights webcam would have been up and running by now. We are getting a very good picture from Iceland, but we are waiting for the Hotels web designer to send us a page of their website so that we can put the webcam screen into it and get the webcam on our servers. At the moment the webcam image is on the Hotels server, If more than a couple of viewer watch it the server will fail and stop the Hotels website from appearing. I spoke to Bjorn the Hotel Manager just before 7 pm this evening, he is going to try to hurry the page along.

There is still no positive news on the Black Swan Pen. It looks as if it is going to be a long time before she returns.

At last we have made our hay with no help at all from the Met Office. They must be crowing to themselves with getting the forecast right for the past week or so. Mind you it is not rocket science to see that there is clear skies from a satellite. That wouldn’t be a bad idea if we were able to see the live satellite images. They would be able to close the Met Office and sack all their employees.

The work is now finished in stopping the erosion that was threatening the Lake. The person who has been doing it has done a good and tidy job. Just after Christmas we will need to plant a lot of willow shoots in the the repaired bank. It wont take long for a good root structure to form and secure the bank for a long time.

Last night at about 8.pm I checked the Valley webcam and saw that Thornton was on his own without any signs of the other Sheep. He was heading down the Valley towards the Woods. Not a good place for Thornton to be going, as Thornton really hasn’t any Sheep sense. That is why he gets parted from the other Sheep. He has a habit of going into a deep sleep. Trouble was when he wakes he is on his own not knowing what way the Sheep have gone. We had no option but to go and get him. Thornton was having none of it, he had me running here there and everywhere. When I finally managed to get hold of him I was exhausted in pain after falling flat out and Thornton wasn’t helping. He wasn’t wanting to go the way I wanted him to go, so I needed to put him across my shoulders. I managed to get a couple of hundred yards but he was to heavy for me to go any further. With help including Jean one of last weeks Holiday Guests in holding him down I went and got our car and drove into the Valley Field to collect him. He soon settled down in the Farm House and has been about the Farm Yard all day. I should think that he will go back with the Sheep when they come back. Well at least until it starts raining.

Julia and Chris arrived for there Holiday this afternoon. They are still keen to feed the Badgers whilst they are here. I wont be complaining. I will show them what to do tonight and leave them to do the feeding for a whole week.

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

5 More photographsv from Lynne.

Artical sent in by Elsie.

Peregrine falcon shot and fatally wounded

POLICE are appealing for information after a protected bird of prey was found fatally wounded.

The bird, a young female peregrine falcon, was found alive on land near Hornby Castle, between Catterick and Bedale, North Yorkshire, on Wednesday.

After an examination and x-ray by an avian specialist, it was found that the bird had been shot in the last five to six days with a shotgun.

The shotgun pellets had caused infection and fatal damage to the bird’s flight muscles and tendons, leaving it incapable of flight.

To prevent the bird from any further suffering, it was put to sleep.

PC Mark Rasbeary, a wildlife Crime officer with North Yorkshire Police, said: “This is awful.

“Peregrine falcons are magnificent birds of prey, however we are finding that they are increasingly becoming the target of people who, for reasons of their own, hold a grudge against them.

“North Yorkshire Police takes crimes against wildlife very seriously.

“Shooting a peregrine falcon is a crime, the bird has the highest protection under schedule one of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

“Rest assured, we will root out the offenders and bring them to justice.”

Penalties upon conviction for killing a bird of prey include fines of up to

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

These photos were all taken along Wisconsin Rustic Road 48, in central Wisconsin , near Saxeville.

Sign at beginning of road. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

End of road with a small bluebird house made of a branch. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

Farm house circa 1854, an original land grant farm. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

Of all the strange things in central Wisconsin , a farm that had Scottish Highland cattle. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

A landing for a logging operation, mostly hardwoods, where they stack the just cut timber to wait for transport to the mill. Most of the timber from here goes for pulp (paper) and if it is valuable hardwood, like walnut, it might go for lumber for furniture. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Tree growing on a rock in Gorge BETTY CANADA

Fern in a rock at Gorge, amazineg where things will grow BETTY CANADA

River to gorge at lake placid 2 BETTY CANADA

River to gorge at Lake Placid New York

Gorge near Lake Placid New York May 08 BETTY CANADA

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

More photographs from Lynne taken on their visit to the British Wildlife Centre.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Hedgehog? BETTY CANADA

Octopus? BETTY CANADA

Something from a horror movie? Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

Lower part of waterfall at gorge near Lake Placid, New York BETTY CANADA

Walkway by the gorge near Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

We are waiting for a website page from the Hotel that the Northern Light webcam is coming from. As soon as we have it we will put the webcam on. It wont be much longer. There is not a lot to see on the webcam other than a large open plain with mountains in the very far distance. But we are getting a very good picture from Iceland.

I don’t know if Tawney Owl will show itself tonight. It was perched on top of the Barn Owl
aviary last night. When I moved the webam onto the aviary after the Badger had had their feed it was perched looking into the the aviary. The Barn Owl were as surprised as the Tawney was of having the intruders on its patch.

This years Badger Cubs are waiting every night for their food to arrive. They seem to be a lot braver than those of earlier years. I going to have to stop them as they are even coming very close to me when I am putting the food down. We need to stop them believing that humans are friendly or they will get themselves into trouble.

The work around the Lake to stop the erosion is nearly finished. Because of the wet, work had to stop as the machinery was making a mess of the ground and walking around the Lake was uncomfortable.

The injured Swan is still having treatment at the sanctuary. It looks as if she will be there for quite a long time before she is fully recovered.

We still have not managed to make our hay. The damp ground is making the hay take a long time to dry. The cold nights are leaving a lot of dew on the drying hay in the morning, so that needs to dry off as well as the moisture in the grass. On checking it this afternoon it may be ready to bale tomorrow.

Thornton is still wanting to be a Sheep. When we see him with the other Sheep we give them some feed. The Dogs always go and see him and make a fuss of him as if they have missed him. When the other Sheep start to move away Thornton seems to be torn to what way to go. He looks at us then the Sheep, then looks again and some time again not knowing what way to go, finally he follows the Sheep. We are not sure if being a Sheep is going to be permanent. The weather is very good so he may decide that being a Sheep is not to good when it starts raining.

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Lynne has sen me 200 photographs taken by David. I will put all of them on over the coming weeks. Todays suit the moment.

WE WENT TO SUSSEX AND KENT FOR A FEW DAYS AND WENT TO THE BRITISH WILDLIFE CENTRE

IT WAS ABSOLUTLY FANTASTIC .WE SPENT OVER 6 HOURS THERE AND TOOK SOME LOVELY PHOTOS.

THERE ARE TOO MANY TO SEND YOU BY E MAIL SO I HAVE PUT THEM ON DISK AND I WILL POST IT TO YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY OF THEM ON YOUR WEBSITE LET ME KNOW. BEST WISHES LYNNE.

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Five more photographs sent by Simon taken on his stay at Denbury.

Badger. Simon

Young Bullfinch. Simon

Long Tailed Tit. Simon

Spotted Flycatcher. Simon

Buzzard on Post. Simon

I adjusted the infra-red lamp today, so hopefully we should get a more clear picture on the Barn Owls.

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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Lake Placid New York, wouldn’t it be nice to have a cottage like that, OK if you have 3 million dollars BETTY CANADA

Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

Lake Placid New York BETTY CANADA

Hand Made flower quilt at Shelburne museum, Burlington Vermont. BETTY CANADA

We have been wanting to do a Barn Owl release at Denbury since our first relationship with the Barn Owl Trust three years ago. The release shows another part of what the Trust does for the welfare of the Barn Owls. We didn’t think that it was going to happen this year, with the good weather that we had a the beginning of the Summer no Owlets that had fallen from their nest had been found and handed to the Trust. Then we had the wet spell and a number of orphaned Owlet were found and handed in to the Trust.

In the majority of cases the Owls are released in the areas that they are found. Of course this is not always possible and release sites have to be found. This year a pair are being released at Denbury.

In the seventeen years we have been at the Farm we have never seen a Barn Owl so Denbury is a good location. We have allowed a number of areas close to the Farm Yard to grow rough. The Badger Field being one where the Mobile Aviary is sited. The rough grass allows Mice, Voles and Rats to breed so there is a plentiful source of food in the Badger Field for the Barn Owls. There is another Field within a couple of hundred metres that is rough parkland and various other places very close by.

The mobile aviary is positioned close to the highest place in the Badger Field so that the Barn Owls are able to get the best possible panoramic views of the surrounding fields, farmland and buildings. They will be kept in the mobile aviary for about two weeks so that they are able to get use to the area and noises. In that two weeks we will be feed and water the Owls. The feed we put in last night had been eaten by this morning so they had found the food. After about two weeks the roof will be raised to allow the Owls freedom. They should return to the Aviary for a short period before taking the final journey to freedom. We would like to think that the Barn Owls will choose Denbury as their home. The chance of that is very remote, but the release will hopefully allow us to see Barn Owls over the coming years.

I have fitted an infra-red lamp in the area of the aviary, as long as it is working you should see the Owls on the perches in the aviary. I will put it on after the Badgers have eaten.

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

I don’t believe that I have put these photographs on before. Peter sent them in back in early July and some hoe I missed them

The Sloth was at a Wildlife Park near Burford, Oxon. Peter

Swans were local to me. Peter

Because of the safety of the Barn Owls I was not going to sat where the Barn Owl release webcam was coming from until the Owls had flown the mobile release aviary. As you can see it is happening at Denbury. We will be using the Badger webcam for the Barn Owls. I have not had a chance to put an infra-red lamp on the aviary today but I will try get one up tomorrow. When the infra-red lamp is up the aviary will be on all night.

We have live images from the Ranga Hotel in Iceland on our private view. I hope to have it on the website by the weekend.