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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. Merrilyn

The 2 swans in my previous photo’s have got one cygnet. Which is one better than last year, she didn’t manage any. Merrilyn

Dad rushing back to mum and baby. Merrilyn

Duck with ducklings. She started off with 12. Merrilyn

My dog Mick. Merrilyn

Busy Bee. Merrilyn

There was one entry on the forum that stood out that made me annoyed and it caused me to pick up on previous moans about the webcams being down. It generalised on the webcams, forum and answers. It is now forgotten. But I will remind those who have had a moan of the work that goes into getting the webcams to you.

Just recently the Barn Owl cams went down. You would not believe the running about and costs that the Barn Owl Trust went to in getting the webcams back up and running. Peter at the Lock has needed at times to climb the tree that the Osprey nest is on to get it running for when the Osprey return to nest. You wouldnt catch me climbing the tree. When the Perigrine webcam power supply got flooded a couple of weeks back, the at the falls of Clyde got the webcam back on line the very next day using a generator. There still is no power other than the generator even now. Michael the SWT IT person is back and forwards to the various SWT location making sure that the computers are working properly. I could go on and on.

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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 are the last photographs that I have.

These are all photos taken in my garden.

Fox – Merrilyn

My dog Mick – I have had him about 9 years – He was a rescued dog – Merrilyn

Goldcrest – Merrilyn

Goldfinch – Merrilyn

Mr and Mrs Bullfinch – Merrilyn

After the run around that we had on Sunday to collect the Kune Kune, I am not to sure that I would want the bother of going all that way back this weekend. There never seems to be enough time in a day as it is. So for sure I don’t want to waste this Sunday. There is another alternative that I will let you know if I decide against going back.

What we did see when we went to collect the Kune Kune was the Chew Valley water complex that some of the Ospreys on there way to Africa drop off at. It would have been good to have had a look around if we had the time.

I finished fencing around the Lake today. There are now six strands of electric fencing wire up to as height of about 32 inches, the bottom five being about 4 inches apart, the top six inches from the last. This will stop the Otters from making a meal of our Fish and should stop the Fox from taking the Geese and Goslings. So that our Holiday Guests are able to get to the Lake we have put in two gates at opposite ends. There is a big red switch to turn the fencer on and off. It cant be missed so hopefully we have done enough to protect the Fish and the Geese.

All is on course for the Egg Hatching webcam. The Hatcher we hope to have this week and the page that will access the new webcam should be on the home page in a day or so.

SWT told me that they have sorted out the problem with the new Peregrine Falcon webcam. It is hoped that it will be working next Tuesday.

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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 more photographs for tomorrows Photo Page.

Think its some sort of Gannet – Merrilyn

Apes on Gibralter – Merrilyn

Squirrel – Merrilyn

We are off in the morning to collect the two Kune Kune Pigs. It is not that far away about 50 miles. Mind you I cant stand driving. To be honest I find it as boring as watching paint dry. I wont be able to drive that fast as we are taking a small trailer to collect the older female in. The Piglet will travel in a box on the back seat.

We have made a pen for them in the main barn out of gates. They will stay in that for a week or so before we let them be free range. The Female and Piglet know each other so we don’t expect to have any problems with them getting on with each other. The Female we are told is exceptionally friendly. The only problem that we may have is with Tass. She is a bit of a hunter and when Jade our Springer was alive they once killed one of our Wild Boar Piglets so we will need to watch her very carefully. We expected Tass to be a bit of a problem with the Geese but she has not taken any notice of them at all. Although that could be that she a Kye have found a Rabbit nest a few metres from the Farm House door. Tass keeps bringing one of the baby Rabbits to the door to show us. She doesn’t hurt them and puts them down as soon as she is told. The squealing the babies make you would think she was killing them. We thought that the Mother would have moved the babies away but she doesn’t take any notice, even when the babies are put back in the nest.

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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.

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.

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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.

There are a lot of photographs still to go on to the Photo Page.

Red Squirrel on Brownsea Island. Merrilyn

An article about rescued Swans from our local paper. Merrilyn.

Sorry its a bit dated just to show how adept grey squirrels are this is the front of a house near me. Elaine.

Two snowy photos from my failed efforts trying to get to work today. Jill.

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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.

Built a snowman ( in Surrey , England )From my friend in England . Marie/NJ.

Photograph of snow in the garden. 2nd February 2009. Merrilyn.

Baby time at Martin Mere. Merrilyn.

Photograph of Rosie who is a Tortie. She doesn’t look much like a Calico. What do you call this type in England please? Rosie’s Mum in Toronto.

There was a few inches of snow on the ground at Denbury this morning. A lot less than we thought there would be. Seeing the snow falling on the Valley camera last night I thought that there was going to be a lot more. It seemed to be coming down so heavy that the camera would not focus on the Owl that landed on the post in the Valley. It was the first Owl that I had seen on the post for a while. The snow was soon gone when the sun came out, although there has been a few flurries.

It was just as well that Julia and Chris were here as I was unable to get my car up the drive because of an ice. There is one spot on our drive that does not get the sun. When it is cold the ice will stay there until it warms up. This morning I had to go out with the trailer, but the wheels would not grip on the ice so I needed to reverse back to the Farm Yard. Fortunately Julia and Chris wanted to go to the shop that I was going to so they offered to tow my trailer with their Land Rover.

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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.

Only five photographs left to put on to the Photo Page.

Swans on the river in Peterborough. Merrilyn.

Horse Guard in London. The horse doesn’t look best pleased. The horse in the next one wasn’t best pleased because the poor guard sat on top of it had a tickly cough. Merrilyn.

We were lucky enough to see Tower Bridge go up to let a boat through. Merrilyn.

This is the same sunrise that Jill sent in, I live about 20 or so miles north of her. I took this on the Sunday morning then later read on the forum Jill had also taken a photo that morning of the beautiful sunrise. Jan (herts).

Fungus on a chestnut tree, can anyone tell me what type it is? Jan (Herts)

When I went to feed the Horses this morning a flock of Canada Geese flew over the Farm. The pair that visited the Lake a few days ago must have been on the Lake at the time and they called to the flock as they flew over. The flock of over twenty Geese flew back to the call and circled the Lake a couple of times and attempted to land. I could hear that some had landed on their first attempt. The others must have misjudged and made an other attempt. Again a few landed. Those that did not gave up and flew north down the Valley.

I don’t know why the first pair on the Lake had bothered calling out for as soon as the flock of about ten Geese had settled the first pair started to harass those in the flock. Within half an hour the flock flew off in the same direction of those that could not land on the Lake.

The first pair stayed longer and seemed to be inspecting the Island. I still think that this pair are the last of the two that had nested on the Lake last year and that they had flown off when their Goslings had been attacked.

The Ducks that someone asked about are Little Grebe. They are diving for small Fish. They swim under the water looking for the Fish. Swimming for quite a long time and travelling many metres in search of the Fish.

There were also a number of Mallards on the Lake this morning. One Female was being mated by a number of the Drakes so I should think that she will be nesting. It seems a little early.

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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.

Only one day of photographs left.

What can you make of this tree ladies, from my cousins collection. Sue.

These photos are just some of the owls at the Rutland Falconry and Owl Centre. Merrilyn.

This morning I heard the the Goose that had woken us for the past few morning as I was feeding the Horses. When I checked the webam there was one that I managed to get on the webcam. It was on the Lake for half an hour. I wondered if it may have been the Female that lost he Goslings and