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

This is an e-mail sent to me from an aunty, they are so sweet.
Bambi & Thumper

…. really do exist!

What an incredible photographer to have caught these shots. Alex.

Wishing you all a Very Happy, Prosperous and Lucky New Year.

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Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page sent in by Bec.

I recently had a weekend away at Coombe Abbey hotel which is a fantastic old ex-Cistercian Monastery in Binley set in 500 acres of parkland it really is a fantastic building that you would never guess is now a hotel.

Gardens at Coombe Abbey. Bec.

Coombe Abbey. Bec.

The moat and gardens at Coombe Abbey. Bec.

Side view of Coombe Abbey. Bec.

Another picture of Coomber Abbey. Bec.

We have a Robin that is visiting us in our kitchen when ever we leave the kitchen door open. The visits started some weeks back when it came in and tried to make its exit through a closed kitchen window, when it all but knocked its self out. It did the same for a few days when we were sure that it would kill its self. Now when we leave the doore open we very often find the Robin sitting on one of the plants on the window ledge.

Another visitor that we have had is a Blackbird that we see fly off from the plants area in the porch outside the kitchen door. It is not now and then but every time that we open the door. It is as if it is a nesting site. Of course it could well be that it has found an area where it is able to keep warm. The Autumn and Winter is always a good time to put up nesting boxes, very often a bird will use them for shelter in these months and go on to nest in them in the Spring. Last years the way that a pair of Blackbirds were acting I was sure that they would have nested in the Winter. Blackbirds have been known to do so.

I have been leaving a webcam on the Lake in the hope of seeing the Kingfisher again. I have been busy today so I haven’t looked at it a lot. With the sun shining today as it was when it was perched on the tree a couple of days ago, there must have been a good chance of it being seen today. One of the biggest disappointments of this year was not seeing the Kingfisher on the webcams as we did the previous year. The Kingfishers definitely nested this year but it didn’t fish from the branch that we put in the year before. Most days that we went to the Lake we would see them darting about. Many of our Holiday Guests saw them especially those fishing the Lake. One Kingfisher even landed on a fishing rod with the fisherman holding on to the other end. The are to many spots that the Kingfisher can perch to fish from that makes it difficult to pinpoint once they decide to move from their usual perches. We have two pan tilt and zoom cameras on the lake now, but unfortunately catching them on the cameras has not been very successful this year as it was the years before.

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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.

We still have lots of photographs left to go on the Photo Page from the middle of the month, None have been forgotten.

The evening light ,St Mawes,Cornwall.Lindsay.

Atlantic Grey Seals laid out on the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands.Lindsay.

A good surfing sea at Woolacombe,North Devon.Lindsay.

St Mawes,Cornwall.Lindsay.

My Favorite Canada geese. Karen Stoke.

Little Grebe visit our Lake every year but only in the Winter and early Spring. Don’t know why but we rarely see them in the Summer months. I have never seen them land or take off from the Lake, they are just there or not. It could be that the small Fish that they dive for are easier to catch in the Winter in our Lake than from where they came from.

These past few weeks have been the longest cold period that I can remember since we have lived at Denbury. It has been a lot colder, so cold one year that the Lake froze over. We also had a lot of snow that year. The snow started to thaw, just as it turned to water it froze over again making our driveway a sheet of ice. On a small incline even our Land Rover that we had at the time struggled. I believe that the only way that I managed to get out was to reverse up the incline.

I don’t really mind the cold as long as it is not wet with it. Working on the farm in the cold and wet is miserable and the animals don’t like it either. Prolonged cold spells I have been told helps to get rid of Rats and there are a few big ones around the Badgers Sett. I really need to put poison around the Sett area, but after seeing a Tawny Owl take a Rat few weeks back I cant as we are liable to kill an Owl if it eats a poisoned Rat.

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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.

Here are a few pics from my collection.

A fallen silver birch tree in Epping forest. Jill.

A twisted truk of a beech tree. Jill.

The Harbour, Whitstable, with fishing boats. Jill.

Pooh’ Bear’s picnic. Jill.

Glistening Ink cap fungi. Jill.

As I was feeding the Horses this morning a pair of Geese flew in along the Valley and landed on the Lake. For over two weeks one Gander has been visiting on and off. We never did find any signs of the last pair of Geese who nested and disappeared without a trace, it could well be that this is that pair. This pair have also used the same places on the bank of the Lake, that could also be of course that they are the easiest places to land.

I had decided that I would try to stop any Geese from nesting on the Lake next year, but now that I have electric fenced to stop the Otter from taking the Fish from the Lake, it will quite easy to put extra strands of wire on the posts to stop the Fox that is of course if it was a Fox that had taken the Geese and Gosling’s. After seeing the Otter in the Valley making its way in the direction of the Lake, it could have been an Otter that had taken them.

It has been busy on the lake today, the sun seems to have brought life to it. As well as the Geese’s there were a pair of Little Grebe, a few pair of Mallards and Coot. But best of all and the first time that I have seen one in the Winter on the Lake was a Kingfisher. It was perched on a branch of a tree that we planted on the side of the Lake a few years back. As the tree has got bigger some the branches have started to hang over the Lake making them a good vantage spot for the Kingfisher to dive from. I cant imagine that it managed to catch any Fish today, most of the Fish will be at the bottom of the Lake as the water is so cold. Some Kingfishers do move to different locations during the Winter. Those on our Lake must still be here.

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Wishing you all a very Merry and Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. Thankyou all who sent us Christmas Cards and Email Greeting
There will be no Diary or Gallery for a couple of days.

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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.

The white sands of Morar. Scotland. Janice.

Ben Nevis (the one with the snow) Janice.

Eilian Donan Castle, Scotland. Janice.

The Jacobite train from Fort William. The train was used in Harry Potter films as the Hogwarts
Expres. I got out to catch this and was covered in midges in seconds, my husband didn’t want to let me back in the car!!! Janice.

Looking down the hill to Ullapool. Janice (Leeds)

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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.

Made from a photo I took of decorations in Nottingham. A Very Merry Chris Moose to You All.

A Poor little Primula caught by the recent frosts

Is that Padfoot?? Santa and Reindeer in Victoria Shopping Centre, Nottingham

The Pantomime in Nottingham this year is Cinderella . This is reflected in the entrance to Santa’s Grotto in the Shopping Center. The last two photos are from that scene.

Cinderella and the Prince.

Cinderellas Pumpkin Coach.

Poor Ewy is a little lost now that Willow and Gypsy are now stabled. She will normally eat with one or the other when we put the feed out in the Horse Field. I believe Vicky sent in a photograph of Ewy eating with one of the Horses. Arnie, Lady and Emmi are turnout in the days. When they come in for their feed, Ewy runs part of the way in with them but she is to frightened to come all the way. She may decide to return with the other Sheep. She has been getting a lot closer than in the past. If I could catch her I would put her in with the Fillies as she is quite old and the feed that she gets with the Fillies will help her survive the Winter if it turns really bad.

Below is an email that I received from Michael in the US Virgin Island in reply to an email I sent him this morning. It will keep you up to date with the underwater webcam that we are hoping to broadcast with. It is going on a bit and I am disappointed that it is not up and running.

Sorry I didn’t respond to your last email but I did not receive an email
from you. Could you have possibly sent it using another account? I never
check junk mail, it is automatically deleted.

Regardless, here is the status of the placement of the webcam. Everything
is still a go but getting one additional agency’s approval is now necessary.
I had zero knowledge that Fish and Wildlife had any input and was broadsided
by the news. The delay is that the official approval cannot be obtained
until their next meeting, Jan 14th. Upon learning of the additional
requirement, the sponsor providing the battery has held back and will not
release the battery until final approval is granted, which is 90% guaranteed
on the 14th.

After everything is in place, we are looking at a February installation date
due to Homeland Security issues. The month of January brings 11 Cruise
ships to the mounting area. Because the areas are “swept” by divers very
often before a ship visit, we will have to wait until February when the
number of visits slows to 3.

I’m trying my best to get this up and running for your, mine and the world’s
enjoyment. There are just stumbles along the way in every first time
endeavor. Sorry for the delay.

With regards,

Michael

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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.

The first three photographs were sent in by Sue.

Just a couple of pics from when I spent a few days with my friend in devon in october,
this is the view from her back garden
the next one wasa stallat the German Christmas market. Sarah.

Just after I had finished last night Diary Thornton very quickly started to get better. So much so that he got the devil in him and on seeing the door that leads to the upstairs open he made a dash to get upstairs. As soon as he saw that I was in pursuit, he must nearly had broke his own speed record running around one of the bedrooms. So that I would not catch him he made his exit from the bedroom by jumping onto the bed. Once out of the bedroom door he had two choices of what way to go. One was running up our long landing or the other down the stairs. Knowing he was in trouble he decided on the stairs. Unfortunately Thornton is a lot slower going down the stairs than he is at going up them, more the pity as I would be able to catch him well before he reaches the top. Thornton is now eating and drinking as he should. Thornton most defiantly had a blockage in his gut. You could see that his droppings had a coating of the liquid paraffin that he had been given to clear any blockage.

Arnie is also better with no signs of what ever it was that caused him to be unwell. He is also eating as he should and I don’t have any concern about him now.

Here is a warming thought for you, today the 21st of December is the date of the Winter Solstice. Gradually the days will now start to get longer. Although we still may have the worse of the Winter to come, at least the longer days start to lead into Spring.

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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.

The house at Coleton Fishacre.Devon Janice of Leeds.

Legoland Windsor. 2007 Janice of Leeds.

Legoland.Windsor. Janice of Leeds.

Lunch time with the deer in The New Forest. Janice of Leeds.

Hill House (Rennie Mackintosh designed)
Scotland. Janice of Leeds.

Thornton is still not as he is normally, he is very quite, not attempting to go out just laying most of the time on one of the Dog blankets in the kitchen.. I have seen him eat a little and he has passed droppings and urine, amounts more than I would expect for the little that I have seen him eat or drink, but a least something is happening. I cant be a 100% but It could be that he has a small compaction in his gut and that it is starting to clear with the help of the liquid Paraffin that he had at the Veterinaries yesterday.

We managed to get Willow and Gypsy in to the barn area that we stabled them last year. Getting them in went a lot easier than I thought it would be. We are a lot later than last year in getting them in. I should think that they are released. It is a lot easier to have the Fillies in as they are in a large area that is not cleared until the Spring. Trying to feed them in the Field was hard work. The rain we have had has made the gateway entrance of the Horse Field very muddy. When you walk in to the Field with every foot step you finish up getting stuck. A few times I have left one of my boots behind.

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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.

HATHERSAGE VILLAGE ON A FROSTY MORNING. LYNNE

MY FRIEND IN AUSTRALIA’S LATEST WILDLIFE RESCUE HE’S CALLED LEVI. LYNNE

MY REGULAR GARDEN VISITOR. LYNNE

NUTHATCH ON THE PEANUT FEEDER IN MY GARDEN. LYNNEHATHERSAGE VILLAGE ON A FROSTY MORNING. LYNNE

As Thornton had shown no signs of eating overnight I decided that he needed to see the Veterinary. We are very busy and really did not have the time to wait around the Farm Yard for the Veterinary to arrive so the best option was to drive Thornton to the Veterinary Practice in Minehead that is over twenty miles away.

As my vehicle had a Horse Trailer attached I had no option but to take one of my Lads cars. He wasn’t best pleased when he was told that Thornton was to be a back seat passenger. Like most Lads he was running the car on air so my first stop was a petrol station on the way to the Veterinary. The Garage is only small but we still managed to get a few comments about a Sheep in the back of the car. People must have thought that I was not all the ticket.

Thornton was examined at the Veterinaries, the only positive comment being that he was in very good condition. He was treated for possibilities rather than a positive diagnosis, receiving a jab of antibiotics, a jab of a pick you up and a dose of liquid paraffin that I insisted on, just in case he had a blockage in his gut. It has alway been our concern at what Thornton may eat. Most Sheep in the world graze on grass in a field, with the odd corn feed. Thornton feed on any thing that he see that he fancies. We constantly are taking wire, paper, string and lots of other bits that he nibbles at.

The Journey back home from the Veterinary was a nightmare. Thornton would not keep still. On the way to the Veterinary he was the ideal passenger, the complete opposite on the way back. I had to stop the car three times as he somehow managed to finish up on the floor stuck between to front and rear seats.

Thornton has been in the Farm House all day. He is having a little nibble at his feed and paper that he managed to pull down, and laying down half a sleep. This evening although he still not eating he is very much alert and getting into mischief pulling a tea towel and any thing else he can get to off of the work top. Hopefully he will start to eat soon.