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VIEW FROM CURBAR EDGE IN DERBYSHIRE TAKEN AS THE LIGHT WAS FADING. LYNNE.

I know that I have not miss the annul Frog and Toad parade to the Lake to spawn, but some how there is quite a lot of Frog spawn in the Pond next to the Lake. Most years we have many hundreds, if not thousands of Toads and Frogs on our drive making their way to the Lake. They haven’t been yet, If the had we would have seen a lot that had been run over by people visiting or delivering to the Farm. As of yet there has not been any this year. There is still a chance that they will come and we will put up infra-red lamp so that you can see them.

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Nearly out of photographs

Elaine will probably tell you she found a pal on her way to see me tonight when she left work if you could have seen us, talk about a pair of girls. Neither of us like frogs and she ended up going home out the front door. While I chased it down into the back garden. Sue.

Snowdrops Tetatet mini daffs cyclamen around a tree all taken at Hodsock. Sue.

The Odd Couple.Taken 26/2/09 SWT. What a pair of diners!! Janice (Leeds)

Penny reckons Sheep are not the smartest animals in the field. You haven’t met Thornton. I kept over a hundred Sheep some year ago. Being part of a flock they didn’t need to be smart. If one runs you all run was their way of thinking. They really didn’t need to think that much for all they have to do is eat, sleep and produce. Thornton does, and he hasn’t had any other Sheep to teach him. Being that he is not even a year old he has learnt remarkably well. He has learnt some of what he knows from Tass and Kye. He opens door, tells you when he it is feeding time, knocks on doors to let people know he wants to come in. On walks with the Dogs he will come to heel when called and will walk to heel. He has needed and want to learn. All animals will if they need to.

The last time that we saw the Little Egret was last Monday. I don’t know if it because the Geese have now settled on the Lake or that it has found a better food source. Although it did eat a few of the small Fish he was also feeding on what ever it could find in the boggy area as well. We had one visit the Farm some years back, but that was a one only appearance. Other than those I have never seen a little Egret until a couple of days ago when I was driving on the M5 and one was in a Field very close to the Road.

An article sent in by Elsie from the Northern Echo.

Police seize horses after owners ignore warnings

By Rachel Wearmouth

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

The lake at Hodsock very frozen still Bee hive at Hodsock A tree which grows on its side but the branches grow straight up More Cyclamen and a fallen tree all at Hodsock. Sue.

Fungi on a tree over the lake. Sue.

This morning I went to tidy up the wiring on the entrance gates to the Farm, in preparation for painting. When I reached the gate our neighbour who’s Sheep we are showing on the webcams was at the gates stopping some of his Sheep that he was moving to another field from going under a fence into another of our neighbours garden. He was having problems in getting the Lambs to cross the flooded road at the entrance of our Farm. Although his helpers was trying to push the Lambs on to cross the water to reach the Ewes that were in front of our gates, they were getting no where fast. I took over from our neighbour to keep the Ewes from getting through the fence and going back to their Lambs whilst he went back to push the Lambs on. As much as they tried the Lambs really had no intention of getting their feet wet. They were going every where other than the way they should have been, many going into one of my Field on the other side of the Road. That didn’t help as the Ewes who had been parted from their Lambs were trying to find them. It must have taken a good hour to move the large flock less than twenty metres over the flood. Getting them to their new pasture over half a mile away along the lanes took less that fifteen minutes.

Our neighbour wasn’t aware that had he waited another day the cause of the flood would have been unblocked. The Stream that passes through Denbury cross under the road close to the Farm entrance. With the recent heavy rain and snow the stream had flooded and carried with it a lot of river bedding sand, stone and mud that had blocked the small tunnel under the road, causing the water to divert across the road. There was so much water that it has been quite large flood that caused a lot of drivers to not attempt to take their cars through it.

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

1, A robin which came and landed on my hand for some food. Vicky

2, Long-Tailed tits feasting on a fat ball. Vicky

3, The Nottingham Eye in the Old Market Square. Vicky

4, Derbyshire Air Ambulance which landed in our local supermarket car park. Vicky

5, A Nuthatch feeding on seed. Vicky

Sorry that there has not been a Diary for the past couple of days. As well as other work on the Farm we are putting together the equipment for a new webcam that will be broadcasting within a few weeks.

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

Whisper, Kyes Brother.

Here are some more photos from our stay at Denbury. Julia

Snowy Bullrushes; Julia

Even doing the washing up, there’s no escape from Thornton’s attention!; Julia

Rather expensive Willow Man near Bridgwater, Somerset; Julia

Snow on Brent Knoll, Somerset.

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

I am out of wildlife/nature shots, but here are a bunch of pictures of our cats. The calico with the black nose is Gatto, the calico with the pink nose is Chat, and the black cat is, well, Blackie. The tuxedo cat was our beloved Figaro, who passed on 2 years ago, but he was such a ham for the camera. Penny Chicago Chicago Chicago.

My 25 year old Tortie called Jenny. Merrilyn.

15 year old Sonic. Merrilyn.

For the webcam viewers that have not seen the Badger Cubs as Pam, You wont see them until May to June depending on the weather. One year they showed themselves at the end of April. Last night performance was last years Cubs with a couple of Adults. There was also an Adult collecting grass to take back to the Sett for bedding.

As Jill I am surprised that not more than one pair of Geese nest on the Lake. Every year more than one pair attempt, but the dominant pair always chase all the others away. Some years we have had a pair of Swans attempt to settle, but the Geese even manage to chase them away. Swans would manage to protect their Signets better that the Geese with their Gosling. Swans will attack threats not like the Geese who make a lot of noise when fleeing.

My School had a very big Lake that Swans nested on. The Swans would use the School playing fields that led down to the Lake to eat the grass and rest out on. One year I tried to be cleaver and get as close as I could to the Swan and their Signets. They all started to get back into the Lake. I continued to be cleaver, or so I thought until one of the Adult Swans turned on me. I turned to run but the Swan caught up to me. The pecks didn’t hurt, but the flapping wings around my backside was a pain I have never forgotten.

We received an email and photograph from one Kyes Brothers Owners yesterday. Whispers owners have asked if we hear from any other of Kyes Brothers and Sister. We don’t other than Darcy, so if any other owners read this, let us know how they are getting on. Whisper is having a great life. Having walks on a beach in Cornwall most days. As Kye and Darcy he loves mud.

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

The first three were taken last winter, one day when it was snowing heavily. The tree with legs is my husband carrying our Christmas tree out of the tree farm where we cut it down ourselves. The other three are pictures of the Mississippi River taken from Frontenac State Park in Minnesota last fall. The river is all iced over now, except for a few places where the eagles still can fish, mostly by the dams. Penny Chicago Chicago chicago

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The pond yesterday , 19th February . Rose W’canton.

Some ice sculptures that are in the plaza right by our hotel in Rochester , Minnesota . The fish is a real fish

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

Some snowy photos from my failed efforts trying to get to work on the 2nd of February … a deserted bus station with marooned buses going nowhere, pretty trees in the forest, children playing, and a snowman!….Jill (Epping)

The way that the Little Egret has been acting today I would not be surprised if it was not ill. Although it was close to the side of the Lake it was not in a position to catch any Fish. It flew away for a short while, retuning to position itself in a worse place than before. It could be that it has not caught any food and is a little weak. Last week I found the remains of a small Fish that it had been eating before something had frightened it off. I always believed that Herons and Egrets swallowed their catch whole, so I was surprised to see a partly eaten Fish. On speaking to Barry at Rye Harbour he tells me that Little Egret will also eat little Scrimps and Insects, so maybe he is catching that type of feed when not on the edge of the Lake. Unlike the Herons Little Egret will only catch small Fish so it will not be a threat to the bigger Fish, so we will not discourage it from Denbury.

I hope that I have not turned the Geese off of nesting on the Island when I cut back the grass. They have not been near or by since the weekend when I got onto the Island. I did hear some Geese flying above the Farm earlier in the week and had expected to see them on the Lake when I went there, if they were our Geese they didn’t land.

Spring is on its way, our Primrose came out in bloom at Denbury today. Spring is on its way.

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

Two Collared Doves have been around for a few weeks they are such pretty dainty birds, I think