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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
MALE PHEASANT.
FEMALE PHEASANT.
SQUIRREL HAVING A GOOD SCRATCH.
REEDS IN THE WIND SUNSHINE.
ALL TAKEN AT OLD MOOR RSPB RESERVE NEAR DONCASTER
LYNNE.
The picture of the heron was taken through my back window in the rain he was eyeing up my fish in the pond for breakfast !! LYNNE.
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Two more pics of my Amaryllis – Jill.
Reindeer. The first photograph is of Reindeer Cows in Sweden before their journey to the UK. The second was when they arrived in the UK. Unfortunately the white one is not for sale.
Photo of the Pine Marten I took the other night. Picture not very good as it was taken from the computer. It was lovely to see. Merrilyn.
I take it no one saw the three Roe Deer in the Valley last night. I put them on all of the Denbury Farm webcam pages. The Deer have been feeding in the Valley for the past four days at least. I could not tell if they were male or female. If they are female they will give birth in about six to eight weeks time. Although they are more than likely to be young males.
Not to sure what the Geese are up to. They are returning to the Lake early in the morning. Some times as early as 4.30am. I know because they wake me. They leave normally before 9.am Now and then they will inspect the Island before flying away. They had better make up their mind if they are going to nest on the Island before another pair do. A pair of Swans looked as if they might have landed on the Lake yesterday. They flew around in circles above the Lake a few time but decided not to land. Every time we have had Swans land on the Lake there have been Geese on as well who chase the Swans off. As much as I like the Geese it would be good for Swans to nest. There would also be a greater chance of Cygnet surviving with the aggressions Swans show when threatened.
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
When we were at Denbury in February, I had a little chat with Arnie, Smuggler, Thornton and a Reindeer and they all agreed that if I made a small donation to Comic Relief, they would allow themselves to be photographed with Red Noses!
I hope you don’t mind! Julia.
P.S. Should the Reindeer be named Rudolfa?
Julia, you missed with the Reindeer.
Two year old Bull Reindeer that are For Sale.
Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
MALE BULLFINCH.
TREE SPARROW.
MALE AND FEMALE BULLFINCH.
GOLDFINCH.
GREAT TIT.
ALL TAKEN TODAY (MONDAY) AT OLD MOOR RSPB RESERVE NEAR DONCASTEr. LYNNE.
Pippa sent in a lot of capture spots of webcam one, wanting to know what the white ball was. It was as she guesses a small spider or some other bug that the infra-red made glow. Being on the glass front of the camera it was out of focus.
Sent in By Elsie and Lindsay
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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Sunset was taken at my aunt
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Flower with bee. Merrilyn.
Canada Goose rushing for bread. Merrilyn
Squirrel in pot eating peanut. Merrilyn
Chester watching squirrel. All the cats that go through my garden just watch the squirrel. We have seen the squirrel batter one of the cats so I presume they have all had a battering. But we have a kitten coming in at the moment who hasn’t learned yet. Merrilyn.
I don
Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Pics of my two Amaryllis flowers – one has a full head of 4 blooms, the other just two and two coming! Jill.
Blackpool in March past, not many people about, but luckily these fellows were around to clean up after them. Dirty beggers.
It was a case of first come first served!! And they all seemed to have a (?) dinner. Pam Cleveleys.
I counted five Roe Deer in the Valley on Friday night. I must admit I was pleased to see them. Since I changed the camera over last year we don’t have a lot of movement on the infra-red, lamps so chances are we are missing quite a few at far end of the Valley. We have some different lamps to put up but I cant seem to find the time to do the job.
The snow has done damage to an Oak Tree that is in the Horse Field. I only noticed it yesterday when I was breaking up last years Horse droppings with part of an old set of harrow dragging around the Field. The Oak must be many hundreds of years old and not looking its best with a hollow in the front and most of the inside gone, but it is alive. Two of its largest limbs have partially broken away and will need to be cut off and treated to stop any rot from getting in to the remaining parts of the limb. Once the work is done it should keep going for many more years. I have been saying to myself since we came to Denbury that I must see if I can find a sapling that it has produced. There is a good chance that there will be one in the Wood just a few yards behind the Oak. If I hurry up and find one before it start budding up I should be able to plant it close the the old Oak so that it will carry on.
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Had a few photographs sent in but it will only do tomorrow.
Sheep. Pam, Cleveleys.
The ‘twigs’ didn’t work. This deer was having a good feed from a bird feeder! Janice(Leeds)
Breakfast for two! 27/02/09 SWT. Janice(Leeds)
Deer on SWT 2.30a.m.28/2/09. Janice(Leeds)
My 25 year old Tortie called Jenny. Merrilyn.
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
I am going to look again but I don’t think that there are any photographs for tomorrows Photo Page.
This is the Tree Creeper that seems to like peanuts.It has been coming everyday since we did the National Bird Survey.Before that we hadn’t seen one for years. Lindsay.
Waxwings taken near Nosterfield in North Yorkshire. Lindsay.
Skippool Creek about 2 miles from Cleveleys. This was the port of Poulton le Fylde, and was apparently a major port in the 18th century. Scenes show the roadway and creek during the high Spring tide. Adjoining land has been reclaimed and is now part of the Wyre Estuary Country Park. The Wyre Estuary Country Park includes the whole estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End up river as far as the Shard Bridge. Pam. Cleveleys.
Tide out- road leading to Yacht Club.Pam. Cleveleys.
Tide in – same road showing High Spring tide. Pam. Cleveleys.
View from roadway next to Yacht Club, showing Skippool Creek. with the River Wyre in background. Pam. Cleveleys.
Peter at the Lock is going to put a camera on a Otter Holt next week, that is of course if the Osprey doesn’t turn up.
The other good news is that we are going to host another webcam for SWT on a Peregrine Falcon nest, at their Falls of the Clyde Centre. We sent the camera to them this week and it is in the process of being installed. If all goes well it should be working by the latter part of this month. The camera is a pan, tilt and zoom and will be able to be used to watch other wildlife and interests at the centre.
The other good news, or I hope so is the underwater webcam on the US Virgin Islands. My initial contact on the Island, Michael emailed me on the 2nd of February asking if I would agree to the project being handed over to St. Croix Enviromental Assoc.(SEA) All the permission for the webcam are in hand, but since his email I have been unable to contact Michael. Earlier this week I made contact with the association and emailed their Managing Director Paul Chakroff who will be overseeing the project. I spoke to Paul at 5.pm this afternoon. Paul is very keen to get the camera installed and will attempt to make contact with Michael over the weekend to get the webcam equipment that I sent to him. Paul will get back to me early next week with an update. Here is the URL for the St. Croix Enviromental Assoc.(SEA) website. http://www.stxenvironmental.org/index.html Once this webcam is up and running we hope to do another webcam with them. Hopefully Turtles.
I emailed Libor in the Czech Republic today to see what they are going to do on their webcams. There are a few different project that they are hoping to do. Hopefully he will come back to me next week with a decision.
One webcam that I had hoped to do was a Starling roost. All of the places that had a roost did not have a nearby network connection. Two weeks ago it was reported in our local paper that there was a roost in the middle Taunton, about six miles from the Farm. I am sure that if I had of known earlier I could have got a webcam going. If you remember I told you of a large increase of Starling above the Farm last Autumn. I should think that they joined the Taunton roost.
Our relationship with WWT ended last week. As you have probably noticed the cameras have not been on for four months. The previous Manager Neil was moved sideways. Our agreement with WWT about the cameras was undermined by the new Manageress, to the degree that when I went to collect them last week the computer working them had been taken out four months ago. Both cameras were damaged as the heating inside them was off. Unfortunately Neil has been ill for four months and was unable make sure that all was in place to keep the camera working. It was getting to political for me.
We have not heard any news for over a couple of months of the Meerkat webcam. This was being arranged with a third party. I cant now see that one happening.
Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
1, A blue tit taken at Manifold Valley. Vicky.
2, A young deer (i think) taken at calke abbey. Vicky.
3, A waterfall at a local park. Vicky.
4, Snow drops in my garden. Vicky.
5, Robin red breast taken at Black Rocks. Vicky.
I thought that you may be interested in this article from the BBC Somerset website. You can also see a video clip on the site.
A little foot note. As well as Tom Done being a member of the diocese, with a little investigation I found out that he is a Farmer and member of the National Farmers Union. I was also told the the Bishop is not to pleased with Tom.
Church wants badger cull debate
Church leaders in Somerset have said the government’s decision not to cull badgers does not help farmers.
The Bath and Wells Diocese has called for talks to solve the problem of bovine TB after rural affairs secretary Hilary Benn refused to order a cull.
Tom Done, of the diocese, said: “Cattle farmers are facing bankruptcy, depression and some are even suicidal.”
Reported cases of TB were up by 40% in 2008 and 20,000 beasts were slaughtered on farms across the south west.
Mr Done, chairman of the Diocesan Rural Life Group, said: “We can have a positive debate between the badger groups, farmers and the department for environment, food and rural affairs – with all sides looking at the interests of one another so we can have healthy wildlife and cattle for the benefit of those of us who love our countryside.”
Pauline Kidner, from the Somerset animal sanctuary, Secret World Wildlife Rescue, which looks after 100 badgers a year, said: “My immediate response was perhaps they ought to stop reading the bible and read the report by the Independent Scientific Group.
“That is a research project done over a period of eight years costing the government