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One of computers crashed today, so we are working on it to try to get it going. Only Denbury Farm Cam 1 and 3 are working. Denbury Farm Cam 2 may be off for a few days.

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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 photographs on tonight’s Photo Page were only just sent this evening. There are none for tomorrow.

As you seem short of photos, my daughter has a new camera and has been trying it out. The robin has 4 babies they still feed on our patio. She has a wonderful shot of a hornet. When she downloads it for me I will send it on. Jacqui ( Louise

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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.

There are no photographs left after those on the Photo Page tonight.

ALL TOOK IN MY GARDEN. LYNNE.

BABY SPARROW. LYNNE.

MUM FEEDING BABY SPARROWS. LYNNE.

SPARROW ENJOYING A BATH. LYNNE.

ONE OF MY TAME ROBINS BABY’S. LYNNE.

MY TAME ROBIN. LYNNE.

A Jenny Wren has decided to nest by our kitchen door, inches from our head when we come and go. Other than last year one would nest in the same place every year. The previous year a Squirrel or Magpie pulled the nest apart after the Chicks had left the nest. Last year a Robin attempted to nest in the place but left the nest before the eggs had hatched. Probably we disturbed the Robin going in and out. I will try to find the time to fix a camera to show the nest.

Our three Black Swan Cygnets were delivered this afternoon, but after talking to the person who looks after the Birds at Cricket St Thomas who came with them we sent them back. I didn’t realise that the Cygnets needed to be on the Lake within a few days or they may have started to have problems. We would not try to put them on the Lake until the Geese and Goslings have left, as I am sure that the Geese will attack the Cygnets if we introduced them. Our intention was to house them in one of the Stables and after letting them get use to the noise and surroundings we would have let them out to walk around the Farm Yard until the Geese had left. By all accounts that is not a good idea as they need to have some period in the water or they may get leg problems with their weight be constantly on their legs. Once the Geese have left the Lake the Cygnets will be returning.

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There is only one day of photographs left so I…

There is only one day of photographs left so I will leave them for tomorrow.

We have needed to alter the way that you log into the webcams to have a cut off period after 15 minutes. All the webcams will have this restriction over the next week. Unfortunately there are to many viewer who are leaving the webcams going 24/7, many not watching them. The costs for this are far to high and if we had not had taken this action we may well have needed to close the site. We attract 10000+ unique visitors a day that cost a substantial amount of money. Those leaving the webcams running 24/7 don’t help.

The hatchery webcam have Gosling on. After the failure of the first incubation of the Geese eggs we were worried that these eggs would also fail. We put the eggs from the incubator to the hatcher three days before they were due to hatch. One decided to hatch that day and it has taken four days for five to breakout. It wasn’t a great success under 50%. Those Goslings that have made it look good and strong. We have had a lot better success with the Turkey and Bantams hatching. 80% of the Turkey eggs have hatched and about 65% of the Bantam. The Bantam eggs were due to hatch at the same time as the Goose eggs, as we have only one webcam working on the hatching we put a hatcher in one of our Holiday Cottages so that our Guests could see the hatching live.

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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.

Getting really short of photograph’s.

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ALL TOOK AT THE TROPICAL BUTTERFLY CENTRE NEAR WORKSOP. LYNNE.

Just took this capture shot thought you might like to put on the gallery. The adults are either side and the chick is the white blob in the middle. Elaine.

Two Badger Cubs have been out for the past couple of nights, one was helping to get new bedding for the Sett. They had a bounce about and left to what looked like a hunting trip with their Mother.

It does seem that two of the Adult Badgers are missing. The most that I have seen is nine and a few on the Forum have seen nine.

By a bit luck the Swallow webcam is positioned in a place where it can be turned onto a doves nest with a pair of Dove chicks in the nest. There is a large choice of nesting Doves to pick from. They don’t stop breeding and we have far to many on the Farm. We have a couple of young boys holidaying on the Farm this week and they have managed to catch a few for friend who wants them on their Farm. They may well come to regret it.

We have so many Dove that we will need to consider that we will need to cull some. I reckon that there must be well over a hundred. It wouldn’t be a problem if they were not so dirty, but their droppings are every where. You can guarantee that at least a few times a day we manage to put our hands on it. Another problems with the Doves is that they will go straight to the Horses feed bowls when we feed the Horses. Branston does try to stamp on them but they still keep trying to eat his feed. For a couple of days of the Dove seeing the nets that they are caught in, they avoid feeding with the Horses, within a couple of days they go back again.

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No diary or photographs tonight as I have been putting…

No diary or photographs tonight as I have been putting up the Swallow webcam. I have not counted how many eggs there are but I believe she has just started sitting them. The nest is in a very dark area of a Barn that we have been converting for ever. In the day there should be ample natural light for it to change into colour, if not I will put the lights on. The cameras inbuilt infra-red lamps has to be reset every hour, so there are going to be times when the screen will be black.

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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.

Only one days photographs left.

Monarch Butterfly lying eggs on Milkweed in my garden. Karen, Florida (USA)

White blooms on our water lillies in our pond. Karen, Florida (USA)

We’ve had hard rain all week long here in Florida. My flowers are loving all this rain. Here is a picture of my Hibiscus with rain drops on edge of petals. Karen, Florida (USA)

Highland Cattle. Jill.

Bob cotton. Jill.

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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.

ALL TAKEN AT RUFFORD COUNTRY PARK NEAR WORKSOP.
LYNNE.

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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.

ALL TOOK IN MY GARDEN LAST YEAR

THRUSH. Lynne.

LONG TAILED TIT. Lynne.

YOUNG BLUE TIT. Lynne.

YOUNG BLUE TIT FEEDING. Lynne.

NUTHATCH. Lynne.

Very close to the entrance of the Farm we have found the decaying remains of a dead Badger that going from where we found it must have come from our Sett. It had been hidden by long grass that had been recently been cut. The amount of decay would have made it nearly impossible for me to see how it had died. A month or maybe not so long ago I saw eleven Badgers at one time at the main feeding site and other site below. The most I have seen recently is seven at one time. I didn’t see it but a few of you put entries on the Forum that there had been quite a fight. In the Autumn this is a way of reducing the size of the Sett. The dominant Males will chase some of the younger Males away, but not normally at this time of the year. I would have expected to see most of the Sett feeding at the same time. Let me know on the Forum if you see more than seven Badgers at one time.

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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.

Cheeky Cyril the Squirrel trying his luck on the bird feeders. Jill.

Highland cattle on Hothfield Heath. Jill.

Bog cotton. Jill.

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For the second time we were caught out with the Turkey eggs hatching. The incubation period is normally 28 days, that would have been on Saturday that they were going to hatch. The intention was to put them in the hatcher today but on checking them this morning a good few of the eggs were showing sign of the Chicks breaking out (pipping) so it was a mad rush moving the Bantam Chicks from the hatcher to a box with a heat lamp above it. The hatcher needs to be thoroughly cleaned to stop any chance of the new hatched Turkeys Chicks from getting
any infections. In the hatcher the humidity is a lot higher allowing the Chicks to break through the shell of the egg easier. We have needed to help a few of the Chicks break out from the eggs already. I should think we will need to help a lot more.

We decided that until we have some success with hatching the Geese eggs we wont put any more into the incubator. There are about 40 Geese eggs in there now, some due to hatch next week and more the week after. Our Geese are still laying eggs so we have left them in the stable where the Geese are housed of a night in the hope that the Goose may sit them. This morning one decided that she was going to sit the eggs. With a bit of luck she may have more success than us.