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THESE WERE ALL TOOK AT RUFFORD COUNTRY PARK NEAR WORKSOP LAST WEEKEND. LYNNE.

On Wednesday night there where ten Badgers feeding at the same time. As one went off to the left another one came out from the Sett. So it looks very much if there are still eleven Badgers in the Sett. The same number as last year.

Tomorrow we are going to a Poultry Show and Auction to hopefully buy a few Chickens. Most of our Holiday Guest ask if we have Chicken and do we have eggs for sale. It will be good for our Holiday Guests Children to be able to feed the Chicken and collect the eggs.

Today we had a incubator delivered so that we can produce some Turkeys and Geese. It is a fully automatic incubator that will incubate up to 190 Chicken eggs. Again it will be good for our Holiday Guests Children to be able to see the eggs hatching. We will also try to show some of the hatching on a webcam. We are having some fertile Turkey eggs delivered, hopefully next Tuesday, and I am trying to get some Goose eggs.

I have in the past incubated Ostrich eggs reckoned to be the hardest eggs to incubate, and was quite successful. That came about after paying someone to incubate our Ostrich eggs, he managed to give all the Birds that was getting on for nearly 100, Yolk Sac infection that caused them all to die. As you can imagine I was not best pleased. The person hatching them wasn’t best pleased either when I tipped out twenty that had died on his doorstep. The cause of the infection was because his hatcher was dirty. I was told what chemicals where used in cleaning hatchers before special cleaners were made. I never had a problem with the incubating or hatching.

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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.

THESE WERE ALL TOOK AT RUFFORD COUNTRY PARK NEAR WORKSOP LAST WEEKEND. LYNNE.

On Wednesday night there where ten Badgers feeding at the same time. As one went off to the left another one came out from the Sett. So it looks very much if there are still eleven Badgers in the Sett. The same number as last year.

Tomorrow we are going to a Poultry Show and Auction to hopefully buy a few Chickens. Most of our Holiday Guest ask if we have Chicken and do we have eggs for sale. It will be good for our Holiday Guests Children to be able to feed the Chicken and collect the eggs.

Today we had a incubator delivered so that we can produce some Turkeys and Geese. It is a fully automatic incubator that will incubate up to 190 Chicken eggs. Again it will be good for our Holiday Guests Children to be able to see the eggs hatching. We will also try to show some of the hatching on a webcam. We are having some fertile Turkey eggs delivered, hopefully next Tuesday, and I am trying to get some Goose eggs.

I have in the past incubated Ostrich eggs reckoned to be the hardest eggs to incubate, and was quite successful. That came about after paying someone to incubate our Ostrich eggs, he managed to give all the Birds that was getting on for nearly 100, Yolk Sac infection that caused them all to die. As you can imagine I was not best pleased. The person hatching them wasn’t best pleased either when I tipped out twenty that had died on his doorstep. The cause of the infection was because his hatcher was dirty. I was told what chemicals where used in cleaning hatchers before special cleaners were made. I never had a problem with the incubating or hatching.

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

These are the last photographs that we have.

1, Badger print found in the Valley. Vicky

2, Ewy. Vicky

3, Arnie in his new coat. Vicky

4, Geese on the lake at Denbury. Vicky

Photo of a Canada Goose in the fork of a tree where her nest was. She has her nest there every year. It is a very large tree with 3 forks coming off it. When the youngsters are ready to leave the nest, about 6 of them, they tumble down the tree and then their parents take then down to the water nearby. Occasionally a gosling does damage its wings and this shows up when they are ready to fly and can’t, which makes them very vulnerable to foxie loxie if the injured goose leaves the pond. Usually the park staff capture the goose and send it to a sanctuary to live out its life. These photos were taken in a beautiful Toronto Park. Rosie’s Mum in Toronto.

Ewy gave birth to Twins today. We heard a Lamb calling in the Woods this morning and went to investigate, finding an unnamed Ewe had given birth. Normally all of the Sheep are together but Ewy was missing. About midday Ewy turned up in the Horse Field on her own. She called out when she saw us, looking towards the edge of the Wood where we saw her Lambs. It was as if she was telling us that she had Lambs. Thornton joined us to walk up to the edge of the Woods to where the Lambs where. We were all allowed a short look before Ewy called for the Lambs to follow her into the Woods. Vicky’s photograph of Ewy that she sent in last night was fortuatous.

To my surprise the Goose started to sit her eggs yesterday. In fact I thought when I saw her on the nest yesterday that she was laying and egg and was resting on the Island. But other than short spells in the Lake she has been sitting the eggs. I only noticed the Geese mating on two occasions but I am sure that when it looked as if she was making her nest she was turning the eggs. 28 to 31 day is the incubation period.

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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.

Mother day flowers 09. Lucky me.
Few summer friends from our garden. Pam.

Amaryliss when in full flower. Jill xx.

part of my collection of lace ribbon plates. Jill xx.

When I went to give the Reindeer their morning feed one was missing. I found her in their shed laying down with what looked like the Head of her Calf in the birth sack starting to show. I didn’t want to rush into helping her Calf as she was not in any stress and and returned to the Farm House for a cup of coffee, to return in half an to see how the Reindeer was getting on. When I returned she was up and outside with no sign of the birth sack. When I went into the shed there was a small birth sack with the embryo still inside. The Reindeer had aborted her Calf. The Calf was well formed with what I would say getting on for four to five weeks before her full term of the pregnancy. It looks very much as if the Helicopter that frightened the Reindeer had caused the abortion. We have to hope that the other Reindeer that was frightened will not abort. Although she doesn’t look great.

Andrew our 6 year old holiday guest met Thornton this morning. Whats that Mister he asked. That Thornton our pet Lamb. I cant believe that Andrew had never seen a Lamb before, but it seems he had not, or a least had forgotten he had. His Mother told us that when he first saw Thornton out of the window he thought that he was a Dog. Thornton sees himself as a Dog so maybe Andrew wasn’t being unreasonable. As far as Thornton was concerned I don’t think that he has enjoyed the experience of meeting Andrew. I made the mistake of telling Andrew that Thornton enjoyed playing with a ball. One of the dogs footballs hit Thornton on the head. Andrew thought that it was a game and chased after him. Thornton did move and hasn’t been near Andrew Cottage all day.

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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.

There are only 3 photographs left for tomorrows Photo Page.

This oddball turned up at the Reserve,we think it is a cross between a Canada Goose and a Greylag Goose. Lindsay.

I took this on the 13th March in my wood.The Bumble Bees emerge from the floor of the wood,from tiny holes in the soil under the leaf mould. Lindsay.

Daffodils flowering in my garden. Lindsay.

This one is called Jetfire. Lindsay.

Hellebores flowering in the garden. Lindsay.

Wheres your Chickens Mister, Wheres your Chickens asked the Son of our new Holiday Guests that arrived today. We don’t have Chickens I replied. All Farms have Chickens Mister. Sorry we haven’t got any. Mum they ain’t got Chickens he screamed out. 6 year old Andrew looks as if he is going to be a handful.

Mind you he has put an idea in our minds that maybe it would be nice to have a few Chickens to supply us and maybe our Holiday Guests with Free Range Eggs. We did have Chickens when we first came to Denbury. We got them from a Battery Farm. They where quit a state when we collected them from the Farm. The very next day they produced eggs and did so for a long time. Cant even remember what happened to them. We also had a two Chickens, a Cockerel and some Silkies about ten years ago. Cant remember the name of Chickens they where, maybe Splash Orpingtons. They were large white Chickens with a black fleck. I remember what happened to them. Mr.Fox had them one afternoon.

We still have a Chicken Hutch that I made when we had the last Chickens. If we do decide to get a few, we will put the Hutch near the Cottages so that the Children who visit Denbury can get involved with feeding the Chicken and collecting the eggs. There is an Auction for Pure Bred Poultry this Saturday at our local Livestock Market. To late for Andrew.

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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.

There are no photographs left for tomorrows Photo Page.

Ducks and a swan in our local park the other day. sue.

Some horses that we like to visit in a field not too far from us. sue.

Sorry to those who may not have known that we feed the Badgers as if the clocks were not altered. Every time that we have to change our clocks I moan. There really is no reason for it.

Whilst the Badgers were feeding Thursday night I checked the Lake on my private view of the webcams to see if the Geese were about. When I looked at the Island I saw a rat slipping into the water to swim to the far bank. At first I thought that I had seen one of the Geese on the bank, but on a second look I saw that it was a Heron. The infra-red lamp did not quit allow for a good image on the far bank but it did look as if the Heron may have had a Fish in its beak. I didn’t hang about just in case it was not and it was going to continue fishing. By the time I had reached the Lake it was flying away. It probably heard me approaching. What surprised me was that the the Heron was on the Lake in the dark, let alone fishing. I had always believed that Herons return to their heronries at night. I not sure that I mentioned that some while ago I saw a Heron swimming on the Lake. I know I wasn’t dreaming but when I have told people they have looked at me as if I was mad.

I am a bit concerned about seeing rats on the Island as the Geese eggs will be left until all of the eggs are laid, giving the chance of a meal to the rats. I will monitor the Island to make sure that the Island is not being used by the Ducks, Moorhens or Coots to nest. If not I may decide to try to get rid of the rats.

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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.

There is only one days photographs left for the Photo page after today.

Celandines are carpeting my garden at the moment. Lindsay.

Sweet violets in my garden. Lindsay.

Whooper swans with Wigeon in background and a Blackheaded Gull in the foreground at our Nature Reserve in North Yorkshire.Lindsay.

Two Moon light photographs. Pam.

One of last years Lamb went missing again yesterday. I managed to convince Diane, Vicky and David that they would enjoy finding him. There was also a Ewe missing this morning. The way that the Ewes udder were looking when I looked at them yesterday I would not have been surprised if they had found her with Lambs. As it happens the Ewe was no where to be seen. I should think that she has hidden herself away to Lamb. If she doesn’t turn up in the morning I will need to find her.

As for the Lamb, he was found with a branch through his horns as I had found him last week. The branch was making it impossible for him to move. We have had a lot of Sheep and Lambs with horns who have never been caught up. This Lamb is making it a habit. We will need to keep watch on him, expecting that he is caught up when he is missing.

I have worked it out that the first Reindeer to Calf should do so in just over two weeks time. One of the Reindeer that was frightened by the Helicopter is not eating the amount of feed that the other two are eating, and she seems to have lost a bit of weight. The Veterinary said that this was a possibility and that she may abort the Calf, although she does still look pregnant. It wont be long until we find out.

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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.

Sandford church a village about 4 miles south of Oxford. Clive.

Sandford lock-keepers house. Clive.

Sandford lock, the deepest lock on the non tidal Thames with a fall of 8 feet 10 inches. Clive.

Crocuses in Hinksey Park near Oxford. Clive.

Daffodils in the grounds of Templeton College near Oxford. Clive.

Vicky’s boyfriend David was helping me finish off feeding the animals this evening. The Reindeer needed water so we had to get the quad bike out of the Barn to take the water carriers to the Reindeer Field. By the side of the Stables there was a dead Dove obviously just been attacked. A little distance away a Sparrow Hawk landed in a Tree. On returning to the Stables the Sparrow Hawk flew in front of him with the Dove. It wasn’t going to give up that feed.

Thornton has got a liking for peanuts. I wouldn’t mind, but he is not happy with being given a few now and then, he has decided that he wants the Badgers. For the past few weeks he tries to follow me to the Badger feeding sites. I know that he is following me, but as soon as I look around to him, he starts to eat the grass as if he was not following. I now need to try to stop Thornton from seeing me going to feed the Badgers. I am not very successful and finish up chasing him all the way back to the Farm House. Sheep are not so dumb.

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

Only one more days photographs left.

Newt seen at Coleton Fishacre Garden (National Trust), Devon. On a lovely sunny March day. Janice of Leeds.

Waterfall at Coleton Fishacre Garden,Devon. March 2009. Janice of Leeds.

I took this trying to catch a Squirrel its any ones guess where it is as I had the dogs leads on my foot how they didn’t drag me I will never know cause Fred spotted one on the ground a little way away and tried to get to it. Karen Stoke.

This is the same shot I took and sent in of the daffs up the stables on one of the lanes I said I would take one when they opened up more. Karen Stoke.

These crocus are from my next door neighbours Arthur, Karen Stoke.

It looks as if the Goose are getting her nest ready to start laying her eggs. For the past few days she has spent a little time on the Island. Today she was on the Island for a good few hours placing nest material in one place. If she lays where the nest has been made we will have a very good view of her sitting her eggs.

Our free range Sheep have decided to come back to Denbury. For a time I thought that I would not see them again after the last two went missing. The ten are back with all of the Ewes looking very pregnant. Even Ewy is in Lamb. Vicky and Diane went into the Horses Field where they are with a bag with a little feed in it. Most Sheep that I have had will come to a rattling bag and all came to get the food from them. They tell me a few of them have very big udders so they cant be far from Lambing. If I can find the time tomorrow I will get them into the Barn to Lamb.

David has made and fitted a rope ladder for the Squirrel obstacle course. Unfortunately the Squirrels that I have seen going to the nuts have learnt how to jump from the pole with the feeder on, onto the feeder without doing the course. Must try to sort that one out.

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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.

Here are 5 photos of the badgers taken from the hide at denbury with my infrared camera. Vicky.

The white blob a couple of you have mentioned is a small rowing boat.