There are five new photographs on the Photo page from number eleven. Getting very short of photographs.
These were all taken along the Great River State Trail in Wisconsin, USA. Penny, Chicago.
Photos from Rufford taken when I went with school. Ford at Rufford. Elaine.
Pottery that has been made at Rufford. Elaine.
Sorry there will not be a Diary tonight as we are working on getting the revamped website finished for for going live tomorrow.
Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo page from Lynne.
We are doing a lot of underground drainage work on the Farm for the next couple of days and will be working quite late into the night. So until Thursday we wont be able to put any new photographs on the Photo page or do a Diary.
SWAN AT THE WELSH WILDLIFE CENTRE
GOOSE AT THE WELSH WILDLIFE CENTRE
SWANS AT THE WELSH WILDLIFE CENTRE
POND SKATER
ORCHIDS
LYNNE
There are four new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number eleven. We have very few photographs left.
Flower in the tropical Biome at Eden I no idea what it is, it was the only picture the camera lens did not steam up! CH.
Red squirrels on the Isle of Wight. Lisa. Eastleigh, Hants
Squirrel thinking. Anjela Connecticut.
Baby Woodpecker….Anjela Connecticut.
Lilac Tree. Anjela Connecticut.
Pink Flamingo’s, Sanibel Island, Florida. Anjela Connecticut.
Emmi did not manage to get into Foal. She came back into season a few weeks back. I was going to send her back to the Stud to be covered by the Stallion but after the way that she came back with kick marks on her body I decided not to.
Lady will not be going to stud this year after the injuries that she got when she Foaled this year. We could have sent her when the injury was better, that would have taken a about three weeks. She is well due a break this year after the run of Foals that she has had. We will be able to send Emmi and Lady to Stud early next year. We have another Mare in Ireland that I need to see if she is in Foal.
The grass has grown very well this year. Already we have a five acre field that if the weather gets warm we could make hay with. The rest of our hay fields in the Valley are growing well. When we have made hay from them and the grass has regrown we will probably let our Contractor use for his Cows. We have not had any stock on them for getting on for eight years other than our few Sheep. It is good for the ground to have stock on them.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number one. Getting short again.
Kevin one of our Holiday guests from last week is a keen amateur Photographer. I told you of his new wildlife photography website www.kevswildlifephotos.co.uk a couple of nights ago. He sent through a number of photographs this afternoon, that he had taken on the Farm. to put on the Photo page. I thought tonight you would like to see five of his photographs on the Photo page.
The Gosling when there were three. Kevin
One of the apple tree in Denbury Farm Orchard. We have never seen so much blossom on one tree as this. If they all of the blossom grow into apples I reckon the tree will collapse. Kevin.
The Goose and the three Goslings. Kevin.
Thornton playing football. Cardiff could have done with him today. Kevin.
Lady and her new Foal. Kevin.
Some time tomorrow morning we are going to put Emmi and Lady out together with their Foals in the Horse field. Putting two Mares out together for the first time with their Foals can some times invite trouble so we will need to watch that there is not an argument between the two Mares. When we put them out we will have the webcam on, so that you can see them.
Although there are Swallows starting to nest in the barns that I have installed the webcams in I think that they are using nest in different places. I will trey to find the time to move them tomorrow.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six. Nearly out of photographs.
These are pots recovered in the Lost Gardens of Heligan.I presume they were used to “force” the rhubarb! Lindsay.
Pair of ducks pictured at Savil Gardens. Bec.
The Cows are out in Barrow Gurney. Julia.
Woodpecker on my feeder in Connecticut. Anjela.
I took this picture of this unusual tree root at Savil Gardens in Surrey. Bec.
Sorry no Diary tonight.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number eleven. Getting low on photographs again, because of from tomorrow I will only be able to put three new photographs on the Photo page each day.
Picture of my two cats Chloe and Claudie. Bec.
To my surprise sat looking at me when I opened my compost bin last night not sure how it got there or how long it has been in there. Elaine.
This is Strav. She is in foal, she is off to the stud this week to prepare for the birth. Karen.
Charlestown Harbour near St Austell in Cornwall. CH.
Maze at Longleat. Bec.
The Barn Owl Trust nest webcam computer developed a fault last night. I believe that it had to be replaced today. It was a bit of a journey back to Cornwall for the Trust to fix the problem, but it was worth the trouble to see the Nesting Barn Owls. There are many reasons for the webcams to stop working. Believe me none of us in the main would want them not to be broadcasting. I get a few problems with my broadband connection temporally going down for a few seconds. Then the webcam broadcasting point have to be restarted. Another problem that occurs is that a broadband connection is slow making the webcam to stop. Cameras also breakdown. The worse one I had was last year when my Denbury Farm URL address got lost in the system and my website could not be accessed for nearly two weeks. Although it was nothing to do with me, I had to pay for it to be found.
We have started to knock down the Tree House in the main Horse field. It was put up nearly fifteen years ago. My two Lads when aged about seven wanted a Tree House, but were frightened for it to be in the Woods, so we built one for them up at the top of the hill in the field. They only ever used it once to sleep in, and that was when our friends stayed in it with the Lads.
We are going to rebuild the Tree House come Wildlife Watching hide, as last year a number of our Holiday Guest especially Children said that they would have liked to have used it. Arnie had made it to dangerous for it to be used. When it is hot he stands under the Tree House, but every time he put his head up he would cause a little bit of damage. The little bits have now become major. The rebuild is going to make the Tree House usable again, so that it can be used by our Holiday Guest or their Children, as a Wild Life Watching hide, or just for an adventure for the Children.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six.
There are not sufficient amount of photographs for tomorrow Photo page.
This is my first baby of this year.
She was found yesterday in the middle of a road.
She is about 10 days old and is fine apart from a tiny wound on her leg, I presume from whatever took her out of the nest. I have called her April !! Lynne.
This is a photo i took of a Egyptian Goose at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire.
Vicky from Derby.
Here is a photo of Beryl the blackbird sat in her nest, I was quite a way from her when I took it so it has turned out ok. Val.
A boiling sea in the Shetland Islands.Island of Unst.Lindsay.
Unfortunately Minty’s Lamb died last night. We think that it had got water into it lungs when it was in the stream. How it got there we are not sure. Over the past few days a Buzzard has been flying above the barn. There is a possibility that it may have tried to take the Lamb, and dropped it as it was to heavy to carry.
There were another two single Lambs born in the night. When we went to feed this morning we thought that one Ewe have given birth to twins, but the Ewe was butting one of the Lambs away. At the far end of the Sheep pen we noticed another Ewe that was down, on checking her she had obviously just given birth, but her Lamb was no where to be seen. We then realised that the Lamb being butted was the missing Lamb of the Ewe that was down. We penned the Ewe and Lamb on their own so that they could bond.
As we can see that Thornton is going to finish up being a pet, we thought that it would be wise to have him castrated, as he may butt people when he is older. We cant have him butting our holiday guests. He could also start to butt Tass and Kye. Castrating Ram Lambs is any relatively easy procedure, with not cutting and at Thornton’s age, no pain. Just an elasticated ring is used. Until about ten years ago nearly all Ram Lambs destined for meat, were castrated. It was then found that castration slowed the growth of Lambs so a lot a Sheep Farmers have stopped the practice.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six. I am sure that there must be some good photographers who have not yet sent any photographs in for the Photo page.
The osprey nest at the Loch of the Lowes, taken last year from the hide. I hope you can see the osprey on the tallest tree in the middle of the picture. Carol.
Dave has bought a new telephoto lens for his fancy camera here is one of the first results !!
Lynne.
A Coot trying to cross the Frozen Lake at Rufford. I called this one “Dancing On Ice”. Judy.
The Daffs at Formby. Angela.
Meet Mr Beany and Miss Fuzz,they are well travelled bears.Beany has just come back from Killinmanjarna Tanzania and Kenya,He loves going on Safari He comes from Whitworth,this was Taken last year when fuzz was on a visit up from Kent they were going to the Northern war musuem In Salford in the Lowrey Centre Its not the first time they have been searchedboth have been through the x-ray machines in airports (Fuzzes owner) Angela.
Sorry there will be no Diary for a couple of days unless something interesting happens. But Peter at the Lock has made an entry on the Forum.
Thornton is back at Denbury as he nearly made a meal for a dog where he was staying.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number eleven. I am sure that there must be some good photographers who have not yet sent any photographs in for the Photo page.
Thornton first day out.
Thornton feed time.
First pair born.
A Yellowhammer that has started visiting my garden. Have never seen one in the garden before so very happy. Liz.
A GREAT TIT AT A BIRD FEEDING AREA AT BOLTON ABBEY. LYNNE.
The first two photographs are of Thornton our pet Lamb. One of my Lads is taking him home to look after. He will be coming back to the Farm when he is weaned from the bottle. The other photograph is of the twin Lambs that were born to Dolly. When we went to give the Ewes their hay, the twins were missing. We hunted every where for them. After half an hour of looking for them and not hearing them calling we were about to give up looking when we noticed Dolly looking into the black rubber bowl that one of the Lambs are standing in. When we looked into the bowl there they were snuggled up together in the bowl. I ran in to the Farm House to get the camera as it would have been a good photograph. By the time I got back they were just getting out.
There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number eleven. I am sure that there must be some good photographers who have not yet sent any photographs in for the Photo page.
Thornton first day out.
Thornton feed time.
First pair born.
A Yellowhammer that has started visiting my garden. Have never seen one in the garden before so very happy. Liz.
A GREAT TIT AT A BIRD FEEDING AREA AT BOLTON ABBEY. LYNNE.
The first two photographs are of Thornton. One of my Lads is taking him home to look after. He will be coming back to the Farm when he is weaned from the bottle. The other photograph is of the twin Lambs that were born to Dolly. When we went to give the Ewes their hay, the twins were missing. We hunted every where for them. After half an hour of looking for them and not hearing them calling we were about to give up looking when we noticed Dolly looking into the black rubber bowl that one of the Lambs are standing in. When we looked into the bowl there they were snuggled up together in the bowl. I ran in to the Farm House to get the camera as it would have been a good photograph. By the time I got back they were just getting out,