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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.

Giant echiums growing in my garden here in Cornwall. My brother has recommended your website and you’ve shown some of his photos, so I thought I’d send in a few pictures to keep up with him. Sue.

Badgers taken whilst holidaying at Denbury. Vicky.

Rufford taken when I went with school. View across the lake, in the distance you can see a bridge which we crossed. Elaine.

Yesterday evening, we had a few birds visiting the feeders and seeds on the patio. I started to take photos of the Coal Tit (I think), when I heard a beautiful sound. Julia.

One of the Gosling were taken last night. I taken bread down to the Lake just after 9.30pm to feed them just after I had fed the Badgers. I was thinking to myself just how big that they were getting and being the size that they were they may just survive. Probably they were the biggest Goslings that we had ever had on the Lake. As I thought the other night they were showing the first signs of feathers coming through. What has taken this one, I again really don’t know. I am sure that if it were a Fox they would have heard it. Although when we went to the Lake yesterday afternoon with Tass and Kye, they picked up the scent of something by the gates that I have put up for their extra protection, but that was outside the area that we have made for the Geese. It could have been an Otter or Mink that took the Gosling on the water. There is nothing more that I can do to try to protect the Geese. Tonight we will walk around the Lake with Tass and Kye in the hope that their scent will deter any threat to the Goslings. What ever took the one last night will try again for another.

I hadn’t said anything about it before, but we have had a remote controlled Goose made. Although Donald was very good, the picture that the camera was sending out wasn’t very good. The Goose being larger has allowed a full size CCTV camera to be installed into the Gooses large body. Believe me it is large, even a little bigger than the Geese on the Lake. We have also been able to put a larger and a much better quality wireless connection into the Goose. Jack and his Friend have been made it and it will be back with me before the end of the week. By all accounts the picture quality is as good as the webcams installed. Donald has has had to be cannibalised to make the Goose. All of the equipment that has been used to make the Goose are bits that I have had hanging about doing nothing for a few years. The Goose would have cost in excess of

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There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting…

There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six. Getting low on photographs again.

Another picture of my new visitor to my garden. Bec.

Wild Mute Swans over wintering near Glastonbury. Lindsay.

Fred about to chase the Sparrows from my bird feeders up the garden. Karen.

THE OLDER TWO FELL DOWN OUT OF A NEST ONTO SOMEONES GARAGE ROOF THEY WERE VERY COLD AND SKINNY SO I THINK THEY WERE PROBABLY TRYING TO FIND MUM WHO WAS MISSING.THEY ARE JUST ABOUT EATING ON THEIR OWN BUT ARE STILL NEEDING MILK. Lynne.

The Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, well worth a visit. CH.

Some of you managed to see the camera going on Donald the remote controlled Duck. The picture was not as good as we had got in the Farm House, when we tried it before putting it on the Lake, then it was very good. We had to get a very small wireless camera so that it could be fitted into the Ducks head. The only place where we could get one was from China. I will try later in the week to get the picture better. It could well be with messing about with it we could get it a lot better. It will then be worth showing it on the web site. When we were trying it one of the Dogs decided she would have a swim. The Gander wasn’t best pleased, it was only by making sure that she came out of the water, that she was not attacked buy the Gander. The Gander was then watching every thing, including Donald. I ordered a decoy Goose in the week to make that remote controlled. Being a lot bigger we, or Jack and his friend, I should say will be able to use better equipment to make it.

With it being cold for the past few weeks the grass is well behind growing to what it is in other years. We always try to let the Horses out in to the main Horse field by the 1st of May. The way it is looking we wont be doing that this year. Fortunately we have ample hay to feed them, but it does mean that we will have to mucking out the stables for longer. This afternoon it did get quite warm. We have got to hope it carries on so that the ground warms up, then the grass will grow.

We are very lucky at Denbury. We don’t need to use fertiliser to get a good crop of hay. Mind you the price of fertiliser has rocketed up in price. As fertilizer is used on many crops it will mean food will be even more expensive than it has been getting over the past few months. I don’t no where they get these inflation figures from. Our Horse feed has gone up over 15% with price rises that there have been in cereals. You must have noticed it in the price that your bread has gone up. The cheep bread that we use for the Badgers has gone up 30%.

Thornton went down well with our friends over the past couple of days. No one who sees him can believe how tame he is. Our Holiday Guests last week loved seeing him. He is acting more like a Dog each day. Earlier today he was seen playing with a ball with his front feet, and he seems to be getting a little more playful with Tass and Kye. When we call him most of the time he come straight back to us as do Tass and Kye.

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Sorry there will be no Photograghs or Diary tonight as…

Sorry there will be no Photograghs or Diary tonight as we are transferring all the data from my old computer to a new one. As long as Jack does it correctly there will be tomorrow. We stand a chance, as it was Jack who made Donald the remote controlled Duck.

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There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting…

There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six.

APRIL HAS COME ON IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS THIS WEEK. SHE HAS GROWN SO MUCH AND OPENED HER EYES YESTERDAY. LYNNE.

These little cuties are in the field opposite my house and they have been keeping us amused for most of the week. They have mad half hours when they run around the field chasing and jumping up and down as thought they are on springs. Liz.

Here is a broom in my next door neighbours garden. Sue.

Duck on the thames at Iffley near Oxford, any idea what species it is? CH.

Snowy scene taken in Woking. Bec.

Donald the remote controlled Duck did go well and the battery lasted longer than I had thought it would, it would have gone on for longer, but I got fed up after a while. I didn’t realise that I was working it for so long until I got told off by the camera operator. It would have gone from one end of the Lake without me moving. I was tempted to go closer to the Geese but the Gander chases the Ducks when they get to close. Real Ducks can fly away, Donald would have stood no chance if the Gander had attacked him. I reckon that he would have finished up at the bottom of the Lake. I will try to get the camera working in the week. I am hoping the camera will be alright. There was not a lot of choice as I want a colour and mono camera so that it can be used at night with the infra red lights that are now on the Lake. If the camera doesn’t work that well I will get a remote Goose made so that I can fit a high quality camera. Jack who made Donald was unable to see it working today, as he went out for lunch. He may be coming to the Farm next weekend, so I may let him have a little go at working Donald, if he is lucky.

I hope more than a few of you managed to see Thornton on his first walk with Tass and Kye, I am sorry but it was a last minute decision so I was unable to let you know on the Forum. I will next time.. I must admit it was magic watching them. I was operating the camera, but by all accounts walking to the valley field he walked to heel as Tass and Kye do. As soon as he got into the field away he went off with Tass and Kye. Kye by what I saw was the instigator, but I still would not trust her to be alone with Thornton. Thornton wouldn’t cross the stream as Tass and Kye, but I don’t think that he did bad for his first outing. On the way back from the walk he walked at heel to the Farm House. This morning we tried to introduce him to the other Sheep, but he wasn’t that interested. He had a little sniff around the other Lambs who now are exploring out side of the Sheep pen. He preferred running mad on the grass and exploring all the plants. He is now lying out in the kitchen with Tass and Kye, exhausted