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After filling the Bird feeders by the lake this evening…

After filling the Bird feeders by the lake this evening, I sat in the rowing boat that is on the bank of the lake. It is a really peaceful place and I do enjoy sitting there when I get time. A Buzzard was gliding above, hunting for food. I was a little surprised when a female Mallard flew in, landing near to the orange bags. She quacked and out from the reeds came the two surviving Ducklings. I had not realised that they would fly off and leave their young. It was good to see that they had survived for another day. I know that there are less Rats about. With a bit of luck they may make it.

I have been going to lake more often than normal as we have a couple in the holiday cottages, that fish. The man has spent most of the time here fishing. I always make it a point to see what people have caught when they have fished. He fished a nice 5 1/2lb Carps yesterday, that had been pierced by a Heron when it was younger. The man assures me that he has seen Carp of 8 to 9 lb. A couple of years back one person fished a Carp of just under 12lb. 15lb would be the largest fish that you would find in a lake of our size, that is about an acre. There is a pond in the same area of about a third of an acre.

Fortunately there are Fish Fry in the lake, I thought that most of them would have been washed away in the flood. Walking around the lake in the sun you see the Fry in the warm shallow water by the bank. As your shadow falls across the water where they are hovering thousands of the Fry dart away, returning quickly to the warm water after your shadow moves away. Every year it never ceases to amaze me, how many thousands of fry that there are in the lake. The warm weather bring most of the Fish to the top of the water, where you can see the different size and types of Fish, ranging through their ages.

One job we did manage to get done on the lake today, was to fix a tree branch into the pipe that we put into the lake a month or so back. We have put it there hoping that a Kingfisher may land on it. I am quite hopeful, as the man who is fishing has seen the Kingfisher flying in and out of the trees and bushes nearby where we have put the branch, It s very close to the Bird feeders by the lake that a Kingfisher was seen behind, a little while back. The siting was posted on the forum by one of you. I will pan the camera onto the branch now and then.

The main Rye Harbour web cam that is situated on an island has got a problem, and may not be able to be got going until the Terns have finished nesting, so that they are not disturbed. I know Barry is very disappointed and will try to get it working if he can. The installation of the camera is very complex, using solar panel to generate the electricity, and wireless transmission to carry the video signal nearly a 1000m.

The Osprey web cam was also down for a while today. By all accounts the electricity was turned off as a kite had got caught in the overhead electric cables nearby the Lock of the Lowe’s Visitors Centre.

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