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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Nearly out of photographs.
Mouse on my bird feeder, I wondered where all the nuts were going ! Clive
A wasp nest removed from a nest box, it filled the entire box. Clive
A Harlequin Ladybird emeging from the pupae. Clive
Spider eating a maggot in a web stretched across a window. Clive
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Today, I looked out of the front window to see two Wood Pigeons feeding off the berries on the Holly Tree. You’d think standing amongst the holly leaves would be a bit uncomfortable!! Here are some photos. hame I couldn’t get to the camera a few days back when there were five in the tree!
This is a photo taken today, Tuesday, of a Red Tailed Hawk that landed on our balcony railing. This is the best shot we could get due to light conditions. The string across the balcony is to stop pigeons from landing on our balcony!
Also a photo of our balcony lights taken about a week ago – I put the lights up myself without falling! Hard to get into focus but will ask my husband to take another shot. Could be the new camera has a problem on focusing. Rosie’s Mum in Toronto.
Can you believe the article below. What world do these clowns live in. They need to remember that they are elected to serve those that elected them to office.
Park duck feeding fine withdrawn
A mother who was fined for feeding the ducks with her young son in the park will not now have to pay the charge.
Vanessa Kelly was in Smethwick Hall Park, in Smethwick, West Midlands, when she was approached by a warden and given a
Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the photo page.
ONLY A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS LEFT.
Fox and Owl sent in by Lynne.
When we were at Denbury in September, I mentioned having a photo similar to the one Vicky had sent of Arnie. Vicky’s was “Arnie in his new coat” Well, now I’ve found an almost identical photo of “Arnie in his OLD coat”!! I thought the similarity was amazing!! He looks so much more proud in the “new coat”!! Oh, and he was poking his tongue out at me!! Julia
Photograph to go with article sent in by Elsie.
Below a news article from the Norther Ehco sent in by Elsie.
I don’t reckon the reporter has done the Ram any favours. Is becoming a destructive influence in the field, resorting to headbutting other animals.
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Getting short of photographs.
Emu egg. Vicky.
Fred taking a snooze. Karen Stoke
Julia sent this photo in some time back, it has always fascinated me i came across it today and thought i would post it again for the new comers to see if they have any thing like it… I do remember our dear Robin saying something negative about it which tickled me its because he hasn`t got one lol you know what hes like ladies. Karen Stoke
I caught this back in the summer and I thought that I had just had to take a picture using the on board camera. Regards Michael Chadd (Hampshire , Surrey and Berkshire Border)
Owl, Lynne.
We got our fist Emu egg today, it is the one that Vicky photographed. When I went to feed them I decided to have a quick check around the field to make sure that the fencing was secure and to look at one of the Emu that had been on its own for the past week. Checking in a corner to make sure that it was not tucked away I found the Egg.
I checked the Field a couple of days ago and the Emu that had been on its own was at the top of the Field sitting on its own whilst the other were eating. I made it get up and another of the Emu decided to have a go at it. I believe that the Emu is getting bullied so I chased the one having a go. but it decided top turn on me. I must admit I was a little surprised as they have been very placid since they have been here. It stopped after a few minutes. Since the encounter the Emu that has been on its own has started to mix with the others.
I think that I may have seen a very faint Northern Lights last night. I will check with the Hotel tomorrow.
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page of the Horses, taken by Marie when she and Margaret stayed at Denbury.
It is blowing up very hard and raining cats and dogs tonight. The forecast looks that it may well get a lot worse over night. The wind is quite strong on the Farm House level in the Valley, but gale force in the tops of the trees and in the area that the main Badger camera is positioned as you can see by the way that it is shaking the camera pole. I should think that there will be fallen trees in the Woods in the morning.
October and November have been very wet this year. Yesterday we started to get the Horses in of at night. I reckon that they will be in for the all day tomorrow. Last year we managed to keep them out until just before Christmas but unless this wet spell stops we will have to keep them off of the grass to stop them from poaching the ground.
It was raining so heavy at about 4.30pm this afternoon that Dennis decided half way through following someone that he would take shelter. At about that time he is put into his chicken house with the Chickens for the night. But he could not be found. To be honest I thought that a Fox had got him. Normally when Dennis is called he answers back. He either didn’t answer or the strong wind caused us not to hear him. After a good 45 minutes he was found where he never goes normally. If he had not been found there was a very good chance a Fox would have got him over night.
As Vicky told you last night on the Forum, the Northern Light are not able to be seen from everywhere in Iceland. I phoned the Hotel again this afternoon as it looked as if the camera was not working. It was working but unfortunately the problem was a low connection speed. I was told in the conversation that there is a good chance that there will be a lot of activity from the 18th until the 29th of November. Just got to hope for good weather.
Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
I took these photos out side Iceland on Saturday, They were collecting so kindly posed for these photos. They are long haired Akitas. Karen Stoke
I took this up the Stables Saturday what beautiful colours. Karen Stoke
Selection or fireworks i managed to get from my back step. I must admit it was a quiet year this year. Karen Stoke
2 Pictures to go with the two newspaper clips below sent in by Elsie.
There is also a warning at the bottom sent in by Elsie
Bradford tourism centre has unusual visitor
4:20pm Saturday 31st October 2009
By James Rush
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Asbo, taken by Vicky.
The Bagot Goats.
Meet our new addition to the Chickens, Asbo we have named him. We named him today after a complaint from Diane who he woke at 3.am this morning with his Cock-A-Doodle-Doing. As you can see he is a fine looking fella.
Asbo is a Light Sussex Cockerel that we have got to run with our laying Hens, 5 of which are Light Sussex. We got the Chickens to give us and our Holiday Guests eggs. It has been one of the best decisions that we made. Our Guest have enjoyed having the Chickens, Geese and not to forget Dennis clucking around the Cottages, and all those who have eaten the eggs think they are better than those in the supermarkets.
The reason for getting Asbo was that now that the Cottages are not going to be so busy for the next couple of months the eggs will go to waste. Hopefully Asbo will start to fertilise them and we will be able to incubate the eggs and produce chicks to grow on to be sold as laying birds in the Spring. Light Sussex are one of the best laying Chickens producing large brown eggs.
The only problem we have is that Asbo is Cock-A-Doodle-Doing. Although we are on a Farm in the countryside, and it is nice to hear a Cockerel, it is anti social at 3.am in the morning. I didn’t hear it myself, but I would not want to be woken by a Cockerel at 3.am. Tonight we are going to try to darken the Chicken house so that it is completely dark inside even when light outside, as we were told that a Cockerel will not Cock-A-Doodle- Do if it is completely dark. I am not convinced. If he wakes anyone tonight he will be going back from where he came until the Cottages are not occupied. We will only need him for a month or so and when we are finished with him he will go back.
The Bagot Goats have also been a bit of a problem. I knew there was a reason for me not having Goats in the past. They eat any thing and will make themselves a nuisance trying to get it, that they are with the Rhea. They are not happy with their feed if the can see the Rhea eating theirs so they try to chase the Rhea away from their feeding trough so they can eat it. It causes us to spend time that we don’t have not got keeping the Goats away from the Rhea food.
I am not sure how many Billy’s and Nanny’s we have. I was told the there were I Billy 3 Nanny’s and an un-sexed Kid, probably a Nanny. It is a Billy and the way that the Goats are dueling there may not be as many Nanny’s as I think. A stand to put the Rheas trough on may stop the Goats, as the the Rhea are a lot taller. As long as the Goats don’t knocked the raised trough over it may work. The duelling is a bit different. If it is because there are more Billy’s some will have to go. The Kid Billy has an Asbo and will be going in the Spring or there will be unnecessary fighting.
Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page taken by Vicky on her stay at Denbury this week. She definitely hasn’t done Dennis any favours. If he was shown the photograph he would have a complex.
Rhea, Vicky
Black Swan, Vicky
Goose, Vicky
Dennis, Vicky
Emu, Vicky
Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
On Sunday two weeks ago Chris and I went to the Royal Albert Hall to see a fantastic charity concert for the Performing Rights Society Benevolent Fund. The stars included Kiki Dee, Mick Hucknall and many more, but the highlight for me was seeing The Faces again – albeit without frontman Rod Stewart! (36 years after I first saw them in Bristol)
We stayed overnight in a hotel just around the corner from the Albert Hall, on Queensgate, and Chris was delighted to find that Benny Hill had lived next door! The Albert Memorial looked amazing – very shiny and Gold! Lynne.
Diane, John and Vicky who are staying at the Farm for a coupe of weeks told me that they had seen the Deer last night on the monitor that we have in the Cottages. There were three as the were three night ago. Regular visitor to the webcams will remember that there were three Roe Deer that regularly visited the Valley two years ago, before I allowed a local Farmer to let his cattle graze one of our Field further up the Valley. I didn’t see a lot of them the other night but I will make it a point to see if I can recognise them if they come back.
Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
The Horses at Denbury taken by Marie on her stay at the Farm with Margaret.
We have been very busy over the past few days getting the Paddock where the Rhea are ready for the arrival of the Bagot Goats. Part of the paddock was fenced for Ostriches that was ample secure for the Rhea, but the Goats would soon have found their way out and we really didn’t want to be chasing after Goats, so stock fencing now completely surrounds the Paddock.
I collected the Bagot Goats this afternoon from Cricket St Thomas. They loaded on to the Horse Trailer a lot easier than we thought they would. The only suitable place to load them was on a path next to the Cheetah enclosure at the Wildlife Park. The Cheetah got really excited running up and down the fence line. I reckon it could see dinner, with only a fence stopping a feast. The Goats were a bit put out but not as bad as I imagined they would be as they ran after a bucket of feed that one of the Keepers was running with.
The journey back to Denbury is under an hour so it was an easy journey for the Goats. When they got off of the trailer they were very calm. None rushing to get out in a herd, just a casual slow one by one stroll, with a minute or more in between each one getting off. The last one even had to be got up as it was quite happy to stay in the horse trailer. Then it slowly relieved itself before it finally joined the others. They soon found the Rhea feeding trough and ate what was left. I had forgotten to make a stand to put the trough on so that the Goats were unable to reach it. The Rhea feed was put in earlier so they didn’t miss today’s feed. I will need to make a stand tomorrow.
We are going to get the main horse Field stock fenced so that the Bagot Goats can use that Field with the Sheep and Horses. The straying Sheep can be a nuisance to other Farmers and a pain for us when we have to look for them, so we will have a secure Field for them all.
That was a surprise seeing the Roe Deer in the Valley Field tonight. One was seen this afternoon by the Horse Field entrance gate and ran to the Wood on the right hand side when they heard someone walking close to them.. If I had not followed the Fox walking towards the camera in the Valley I would not have followed it to where the deer were laying. It is the first time for a good few months that we have seen any Deer on the Farm. We know they are about by seeing their foot prints but they have been elusive to the camera.