Jan Asked about the Skyscout that Susan sent on to me from the US. I have mentioned about it on another diary entry. In case some of you missed it I will give a brief description. Although we have a large Telescope at Denbury to show the Sky, I know very little about Stars, Planet, Constellations etc. The very little knowledge that I now have was told to me by a very good amateur Astronomer, who came to Denbury and pointed out different parts of the Sky, most of which I confess I forgot within a couple of weeks. I was OK remembering whilst there were clear skies. As soon as there was a week of being overcast, I could not refresh my memory and forgot what I had been told.
The Skyscout s a very cleaver piece of equipment that works by Satellite Navigation and GPS. You are able to look through an eyepiece at a Star, although it could be anything already mentioned. By pressing a button when lined up on the object it tells you what it is. Another way is to select an object on the vast memory that it has stored. As you look through the eyepiece flashing LED arrows direct you to the object, once aligned on the object all of the direction LEDs flash. This piece of equipment allows me to align the telescope so that it is able to track properly what I select.
The Bird on the SWT camera two is a Jay. I had spoken to the Manager of the Lock of the Lowe’s centre on Friday, and he was rather pleased that it was there. There have been Jay chicks feeding on Denbury Cam 1 today. It is the first time that I have seen them here.
A couple of people have asked about Lady moving her head from side to side. It is what is classed as a vice in Horses. She came to Denbury with it and was properly caused through boredom being stabled when in training. The habit can also be picked up from being with another Horse that has the habit. It properly causes more stress to us watching it as it does Lady. She does tend to do it more if Woody is laying down ill. Woody is OK today.
Concerning the Ospreys stopping off at the Chew Vally Lake on their migration. I have a person who lives nearby Chew Valley, who does Wildlife programs for the BBC, coming to the farm, maybe next week. I am sure he would be able to give me information, and I will let you know.
We sent twenty three of the Sheep to market today. I will tell you about it tomorrow.