Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
ALL TAKEN AT RUFFORD COUNTRY PARK NEAR WORKSOP.
LYNNE.
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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
ALL TOOK AT RUFFORD COUNTRY PARK. LYNNE.
We let eight of our Geese out yesterday
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Not many more photographs to go onto the Photo Page.
Autumn trees at Rufford Country Park.
A Swan on the lookout for Bread.
Autumn in the woods at Rufford country Park.
Not an exotic location but I woke up to the most beautiful Sunrise.
And then a few days later a lovely Sunset. From Judy.
We weaned Socks and Solo from Emmi and Lady today. Not something we like doing and we do try to leave it for as long as we can. But unfortunately the day has to come. For the past few days I had noticed Emmi trying to stop Socks from suckling by lifting her hind leg to push him away. When Mares start to do that there is always a chance that the Foal will get a kick.
We normally stable both the Mares and the Foals when we wean. This year we have only stabled the Foals, letting the Mares back out into the Horse Field. The Mares didn’t realise the Foals had not followed them to the Field until a good quarter of an hour after. It will take a few days for both the Mares and Foals to get through the ordeal, In that time they will be calling to each other throughout. I will put the two Foals on the webcams so that you can see them.
The Badgers are not leaving the Sett for the feed we leave out as much as normal. It is cold when the Sun goes down so they are only venturing out when they need to and because they know that there is food for them without having to venture far from the warmth of their home.
If it is the Fountain in the middle of Lake Geneva Mary was asking about. No it wasn’t working. This trip was the latest in the year that I have visited Geneva, it has always been working on other visits.
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page from Judy. There is only one photograph left to put on the Photo page.
Here are a few more photos for the Gallery taken at Rufford Country Park.
Great Crested Grebe, having a snooze.
Two Beautiful swans. They approached each other making a racket. They sounded like Horses snorting.
View across one of the ponds. I love the old tree.
My dog chased this little chap up the tree , where he sat chattering to us.
A Sunflower we found growing on its own . I think the birds must have dropped a seed. From Judy
There are five new photographs on the Photo page from number one that are all from Judy. Getting very short of photographs.
Rufford Abbey
Great Crested Grebe and young
Rufford Abbey rose Garden
A couple of the roses in the abbey Rose garden
from Judy.
As you can see the revamped website went live earlier today. There are still a few adjustments to be made. We are also going to add more photographs of different Wildlife into the flash header. Some will need to be replaced as the quality of the photographs is not great. We are also going to increase the amount of photographs that are in the flash. Other that we hope to put in are Pine Martin, Swan, Geese, Sea Birds or Barry wont be best pleased, Hare, Bats and Butterfly. The Deer that is on its own is a photograph sent in by Vicky. I will look through a few of the photographs that you have sent in, to see if any are suitable. If you have any ideas or very good photographs let us know. We wont be having any more than twenty in the flash.
We put the new Swallow nest on this morning. Just in time by the looks of it as going by the size of the chicks that must have hatched this morning. The chicks in the first nest didn’t return for very long, I had expected that they would return for at least a few days longer. At the end of last year one lot returned to the nest for a least a couple of weeks.
Someone asked on the Forum about the quality of the SWT webcam two. The new camera that I supplied to them has for some reason stopped working. I have another camera to send to them. As soon as I have tested it I will send it on to them. Hopefully by Monday.
I am sorry that the Diary page is taking a little longer to download.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page from number eleven. Getting very short of photographs.
These were all taken along the Great River State Trail in Wisconsin, USA. Penny, Chicago.
Photos from Rufford taken when I went with school. Ford at Rufford. Elaine.
Pottery that has been made at Rufford. Elaine.
Sorry there will not be a Diary tonight as we are working on getting the revamped website finished for for going live tomorrow.