There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six. Getting low on photographs again.
Penguins at Birdworld. Bec.
THIS IS ONE OF TWO THAT FELL DOWN OUT OF A NEST ONTO SOMEONES GARAGE ROOF THEY WERE VERY COLD AND SKINNY SO I THINK THEY WERE PROBABLY TRYING TO FIND MUM WHO WAS MISSING.THEY ARE JUST ABOUT EATING ON THEIR OWN BUT ARE STILL NEEDING MILK. Lynne.
Donkey took at Markeaton park in Derby. Vicky.
For Sue know how she loves these. Elaine.
This is the fist snow Ally has seen. He didn’t quite know what to make of it. Jacqui.
The new Barn Owl Nest Box webcam is now live. You may have noticed there is one egg in the nest. It was only laid today. The Barn cam will be going as soon a possible. We did not preview the webcam for very long before going live so the camera will be adjusted over the next few days, to get the best picture.
I have been trying to get a Barn Owl nest on the webcams for a couple of years. The ideal people to do it with were the Barn Owl Trust. They found the right location last year. Since then the Trust has been working on the project to have it running this year. We supplied all the equipment for the webcams. I didn’t realise that there would be as much light in the nest box or I would have supplied a colour and night camera. Installing a new camera now would possibly disturb the Barn Owls. We did have another location that wanted us to put their Barn Owls on our website, but it was right to do as we have.
We have been allowing Thornton to have more time out of his home in the washroom. He has found a spot under the kitchen table to lie when he is not running around with Tass and Kye. This afternoon we had the kitchen door open. Tass and Kye come in and out as they want when ever it is left open. Thornton did the same, and I must admit we did forget about him. Tass and Kye normally stay close to the Farm House and never leave the Farm Yard. This afternoon when we realised about Thornton, we called out for Tass and Kye, knowing that Thornton would be close behind when they came in. None of them came at all. A few minutes after shouting loud to Tass and Kye all three came running back to the Farm House from the direction of the Valley field. Obviously Thornton had decided after being taken for his walks in the valley, that he was going to make his own way there. Tass and Kye must have decided to follow. It makes a good story and we did laugh, but of course the serious part is how far would they have got if we had not realised that all three were missing.