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

FLOOD PHOTOS FROM TAUNTON AREA.

RIVER TONE IN FLOOD AT BURROW BRIDGE. JOHN AND MARIE.

THIS ROAD IS NOW A RIVER. JOHN AND MARIE.

THIS WAS A FIELD NOW A LAKE. JOHN AND MARIE.

THIS IS WHERE THE RIVER TONE AND THE PARROT MERGE BURROW MUMP IS IN THE BACKGROUND. JOHN AND MARIE.

Here’s a pic of our unexpected snowfall.The bird and squirrel dishes are somewhere under there …you may be able to see their footprints! I managed to shovel them out and fill them…only one missing, but it will appear when it all melts. Marie/NJ.

At Denbury as John and Marie we have had quite bad floods at the end of our drive. Also we still have a lot of snow that has not melted.

There was a Little Egret on the Lake this morning. When I changed the cameras over at about 7.45am he was on the waters edge. I wasn’t that concerned that it would have had one of our Fish for breakfast as in the weather most of the Fish will be at the bottom of the Lake, and I reckon that he must have been resigned to that itself in the way that it looked so uninterested in Fishing. Little Egrets tend to be a little more selective in the size of Fish that they take, unlike the Heron that will stab at anything that move even though the Fish will to large to eat, causing damage or death to the Fish. It stayed for about three quarters of an hour before flying off, probably to a shallow ornamental Fish Pond in someones Garden. Today’s visit by the Little Egret was only the second time that I have seen one on the Lake, the last being five to six years ago in the Spring. I was driving back to the Farm House along our drive when I noticed one Fishing from the Island, on stopping to watch it I saw two Heron next to each other. One of the Herons was a lot larger than the other that made me think, maybe wrongly that the parent was feeding the youngster or teaching it to Fish. I didn’t wait to find out, a clap of my hands soon had them flying off.

Nice to see your input on the Forum Taffy. What I have written is not meant as a rebuff to yours or Lindsay’s Forum inputs. Denbury is surrounded by many hundreds if not thousands of Trees, so what I have written is not sentiment’s for a couple of Trees in a back garden. Ivy is a food source for Birds, it is also eaten by Deer, Sheep and Cows etc, and is used as a Roost in the Winter by Bats and Birds. It is also believed to have healing properties for Animals. So Ivy can be an important plant for many reasons. Unfortunately it is the cause of the majority of fallen Trees in our Woods at Denbury and others Trees where Ivy may grow. Live and Healthy Trees also supply food for Birds and Wildlife. Ivy not only causes Trees to fall, it will also take more water from the ground than the Trees, stopping the Trees growth, at times causing Trees to die. At Denbury the Bats use the Quarries for their Winter Roosts. Trees are no less important than any other living form. In fact Trees more so for a lot of reasons. Why should we let Trees that could be many hundred of years, or any age to die through being overwhelmed with Ivy. I will do no less to protect the Trees at Denbury than I do for Birds, Bats and all other Wildlife. If that means removing the Ivy to stop the Trees from being over burdened and top heavy, that makes them easier to be blown over, or make the heavy weight that snow settling on the Ivy, that causes them to snap or fall over and die, I will do so. Mind you there is so many Trees over burdened with Ivy in the Woods, it will take a couple of life times to remove it all.

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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.

Hello all,I love watching your webcams and reading the diary and forum, just thought you may like to see this email sent to me. While you are having such cold weather, we are having dreadful heat. I am in Brisbane Queensland, our heat is sultry and humid. These pictures were taken in Victoria where they have very dry heat. One feels so sorry for the animals in these conditions. Thank you for your lovely site, Regards Janet.
In Victoria the temperature has been above 44 degrees all week and they are forecasting another week of 40+ temperatures. Power is failing, trains have stopped running because tracks are buckling under the heat . It

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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.

A few more pictures of Oxford if you would like them, I expect you will be over-whelmed with snow pictures now!

1/ St Michael at the North Gate, this Saxon tower used to form part of the old City wall believed to be the oldest building in Oxford CH

2/ The memorial commemorates the “Oxford Martyrs,” Anglican bishops Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, who were executed in Oxford on the orders of Queen Mary Tudor. CH

3/ New College Lane looking east towards the gate of New College Oxford. CH

4/ New College lane looking west. CH

5/ After a walk around Oxford taking pictures it’s into the Royal Blenheim for a couple of pints. CH

Checking the Valley on the webcam yesterday I could see what looked like a fallen tree that seemed to be blocking the the path that leads into the gap at the far end on the left hand side. As I had not had the time to inspect for any damage that the snow had caused I decided to have a quick look before I fed the Badgers.

Two trees had fallen onto the path. Both were Ash and had been caused to fall by the weight of the snow that had formed on the Ivy. One of the trees was very large and was part of group that had grown attached to each other. The tree had some rot in the base and would have died within a few years. I should think the others will have the rot and will also die or fall with the wind or snow.

Through the gap into the part of the valley that you cannot see, leads to another part of Ash Wood where another very large Ash has also fallen, not so much fallen as snapped off at the base, again snow had form on the Ivy the weight being to heavy for the tree to bare. This tree was in good condition before it fell. There were other trees in this area that were down. I cant remember if they were down before the snow. As soon as it is easier to walk through the snow to get to the Wood I will I will see if there is any other damage.

On the way back I saw a group four Roe Deer further in the Valley cross the foot path and on entering the Valley another Roe Deer ran in front of me. Any one watching the webcam would have seen it.

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

ALL TAKEN IN THE PEAK DISTRICT. LYNNE.

I have emailed Libor my contact a the Brno Zoo to find out what has happened to the Giraffe Calf. The Brno Zoo are members of the World Zoo Organization (WZO) that have standards that members have to conform to for the welfare of Zoo animals. I would not have allowed the webcam on the website if I had any concerns about the Zoo.

It is easy to criticise, but wrong when the full facts are not known and the facts are not known about the Giraffe Calf. Unfortunately with live stock of any type, there are always going to be dead stock, that life. We don’t know the circumstances of the pen that the Giraffe Cow was kept in. Was it safer for the Calf to be kept from the rest of the Herd until a little older? There is no way that the Zoo would do any thing that was detrimental to the Giraffe’s welfare, or to the Polar Bears. I believe that all Wild Animals should be in the Wild, but the real world is not like that. Most people have visited Zoo as entertainment for themselves and their Children not to see endangered Animals.

You have a choice, If you don’t like a TV program you turn it off. If you don’t like a webcam don’t watch it. To much criticism will only stop other webcam projects.

Elsie, please don’t take this as a criticism of yourself, it is not meant to be. In 2006 Paignton Zoo had a fire when 3 of their Giraffe burnt to death. Large inside and outside enclosures did not stop the accident. I was just after the fire in talks with Paignton to have webcams from the Zoo on our site. One of the reasons that we did not proceed with the project was that they wanted a delay of 24 hours in the broadcasting, that meant that the webcams would not have been live only recordings. A little short sighted I thought. Live webcams may well have seen the start of a fire.

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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.

Picture of the lovely bread basket we used to get at breakfast on our holiday in Dubai. The birds used to come down to pinch some before you had even left the table. Cant say I blame them. Janet South Yorks.

Some of the birds we used to see. Cute little babies in the background. Janet South Yorks.

Next door neighbours cat seems to think I clear tubs out to make a new bed for him. Janet South Yorks.

Visitor who used to come and visit last summer. Janet South Yorks.

You don’t leave your seat for long otherwise you loose it. Wouldn’t mind but it isnt even my cat. Janet South Yorks.

As you can see on the webcams we had a lot of snow at Denbury over the past few days. If I had the time I would really enjoy it, but when I have to work in it I cant stand it. More so when we had a fourteen hour power cut with it that caused us to have no water at hand for the animals. That is the only down fall of us having our own water supply. As we pump our water from 50m underground we need electricity to work the pump. Fortunately we have the Leet Spring as a last resort, but that entails fetching the water a lot further that the tap.

We were more fortunate than the many hundred or thousands who also had power cuts in our region. Our oil fired Aga gave us the means to cook and have hot water for drinks as Julia found out. We also have a wood burner for heating, and we were also able to watch television powered by a small petrol generator, so we could have suffered the loss of electricity for longer than most.

Our Drive and the Lanes gave us the biggest problem with the ice. If the snow and ice had not have partially thawed through the day we would have stood no chance of leaving the Farm in our cars. As it was we could not get up our Drive yesterday until late afternoon as the wheels of our cars spun on the ice, and it was the same today.

The heavy snow settled on the trees, especially those with a lot of Ivy on them, It is liable to cause them to come crashing down by the great weight of the snow. More snow will settle on the trees that have Ivy growing on them. Without Ivy the snow will only settle a little on the branches. There are many so called wildlife and forestry experts who say that you should allow Ivy to grow on trees. I completely disagree. The weight of Ivy that grows very big at the top of a tree and the water that that it holds make trees with Ivy more prone to fall down. With the added weight of snow it makes the chance even bigger. Nearly all of the trees that have fallen at Denbury are caused because of Ivy. One tree has fallen in to the Valley Field because of the snow and Ivy. I haven’t had the chance to look in the wood, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the trees with Ivy have fallen.

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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.

We have lots of photographs for the Photo Page. I thought you would find Julia photographs of interest whilst on her stay at Denbury.

The Peacock looking through the cottage window; Julia.

Old piece of honeycomb in dead tree trunk in the woods; Julia.

Quarry in the woods; Julia.

Thornton thinking about taking a jump – he eventually walked around this
one!; Julia.

Lime Kiln in the woods; Julia.

I haven’t really had the time to walk the Wood as I really needed to do since I purchased it. Although the Wood joins our Fields I never have looked around it properly in fifteen years that we have lived here, so taking Julia and Chris for a look around gave me the opportunity to see a little more of it. For sure both will sleep well tonight after the walk.

It will take a few visits for me to take in all there is in the Wood. With the two Quarries and Lime Kiln I find it very interesting. It is also very undulating that makes it even more interesting and will make a very good nature walk. Today we found a couple of Deer foot prints and heard a Woodpecker hammering a tree.

Just before I moved into Denbury I got lost in the Wood. It was late one afternoon. I had gone to look over Denbury and decided to walk in part of our Wood. I decided to keep walking to see where the Wood finished. Some how I had managed to get into a part of the Wood where I was unable to see what way to get out. I was lost and it was starting to get dark. I wasn’t very happy to be in the situation that I was in, even less so when I came face to face with a dead Badgers head that I purposely been place in a fork of a tree at face height. I cant imagine why it had been put there. I went in one direction to get out of the Wood but there seemed to be no end and it was getting darker. I needed to make a decision to walk on way until I reached a road. Eventually when I was nearly unable to see as it was so dark I came to the edge of the Wood that went into a Field. I still could not see a road but kept walking. Eventually I saw the light of a House and made my way towards it. On entering the driveway of the house to find out where I was I heard a familiar voice from an open window. The voice turned out to be of a friend who I did not realise had move to the area. I had walked a good distance from Denbury and was grateful for the lift back.

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

The “Gates of Heaven” for Karen! Julia.

Branston in the snow; At last, someone to laugh at my sense of humour!; Julia.

Reindeer; Julia.

Snowfall!; Julia

Two deer running across the valley; Julia.

I was pleased that Julia saw and had managed to take a photograph of the Deer in the Valley yesterday. I was starting to think that they had deserted Denbury. Julia saw four. We changed the infra-red lamps when we put the new camera up. The original lamps had a longer beam that made it possible to see further along the Valley. We have two new lamps that when I manage to find the time I will put up. I will also need to put a another lamp further along the valley.

I heard the Geese flying over the Farm House this morning to land on the Lake at about 6.am. They will keep returning to make sure that it is safe. Last year a pair did the same but lost it when another pair landed one day and stayed claiming the Island very soon after. I will get to the Island to cut some of the grass back so that the Goose will be able to be seen sitting the nest.

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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.

Built a snowman ( in Surrey , England )From my friend in England . Marie/NJ.

Photograph of snow in the garden. 2nd February 2009. Merrilyn.

Baby time at Martin Mere. Merrilyn.

Photograph of Rosie who is a Tortie. She doesn’t look much like a Calico. What do you call this type in England please? Rosie’s Mum in Toronto.

There was a few inches of snow on the ground at Denbury this morning. A lot less than we thought there would be. Seeing the snow falling on the Valley camera last night I thought that there was going to be a lot more. It seemed to be coming down so heavy that the camera would not focus on the Owl that landed on the post in the Valley. It was the first Owl that I had seen on the post for a while. The snow was soon gone when the sun came out, although there has been a few flurries.

It was just as well that Julia and Chris were here as I was unable to get my car up the drive because of an ice. There is one spot on our drive that does not get the sun. When it is cold the ice will stay there until it warms up. This morning I had to go out with the trailer, but the wheels would not grip on the ice so I needed to reverse back to the Farm Yard. Fortunately Julia and Chris wanted to go to the shop that I was going to so they offered to tow my trailer with their Land Rover.

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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.

Starling i sitting in my apple tree. Vicky.

Sleeping mute swan taken at Markeaton Park in Derby. Vicky.

Seagulls fighting for food on the river Trent. Vicky.

Sun over the river Trent. Vicky.

In light of the predicted snow, thought this may amuse. Edenfield,Lancashire in 1940 – we don’t have bad winter’s afterall!! Janice Leeds.

We have only had as much snow at Danbury as we have had since 3.30pm today once before, it must have been about seven years ago. Then we got snowed in for a couple of days. By the looks of it it could well be as bad this time. We have had 2″ already.

I put the Badger food out at the normal time tonight, but it looks as if the snow has covered it already, even though instead of spreading it about I put it in a pile. If the Badgers come looking for the food I should think that they will find it. I can see one Badger is feeding on the lower feeding spot.

What I did notice when I went to feed the Badgers were what looked like small Deer foot prints in the snow. There were quite a lot of them leading from the where I leave the footpath to the feeding place. But I did not see any Deer. If I get time tomorrow it is my intention to take Julia and Chris to our new woods, it will be interesting what footprints we see on the way.

I think it was Saturday that the Geese returned to the Lake, they stayed for a good while, with the Goose going onto the Island. I am sure that this pair of geese were the last pair we saw on the Lake last year. Some thing must have taken the Gosling making the Geese fly off. I will increase the height of the electric fence this year, that should protect the Geese nesting. The Electric fencing that we use around the Lake is stranded wire and a 12 volt mains operated electric fencer. It has quite a kick to it that I found out when I accidentally got my foot in between two of the wires. I got three shocks from it, believe me I wont be going back for another dose. On Saturday I found that some thing had also got a shock as one wires had been broken. It would have been very hard to break. On Sunday I found another one of the wires at the other end of the Lake broken. I cant imagine that it was the same animal going back, if it was I don’t think that it will try to get to the Lake for a while.

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Geese and deer…

Geese and deer