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WE HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS IN NORTH YORKSHIRE THIS WEEK AND TOOK THESE PHOTOS OF WHITBY ABBEY. LYNNE.

Ann, Barry, Mum and Friend are Holidaying at the Farm this week. Last night Barry came in from fishing, or so they thought until Thornton had his nose on Mums nose. If he is not knocking on the Twins Cottage door he is at Ann and Barry’s on the scrounge. Ann and Barry are on their way back home tomorrow, like others they have left him a packet of biscuits. They were probably the first of our Holiday Guest who saw him last year, it was just after he was born. The three ladies when they arrived last Saturday didn’t like to ask after Thornton just in case we may have eaten him. As if.

After very careful consideration we have decided that we are not going to keep Reindeer at Denbury any longer. The other Female that was frightened by the Helicopter aborted her Calf a couple of days ago. Since they were frightened they seem to be on edge every time that any type of aircraft flies above the Farm. They were also frightened by a Tractor that came along the Drive. Reindeer are without doubt one of my favorite animals and we will all miss them when they go.

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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.

Mother day flowers 09. Lucky me.
Few summer friends from our garden. Pam.

Amaryliss when in full flower. Jill xx.

part of my collection of lace ribbon plates. Jill xx.

When I went to give the Reindeer their morning feed one was missing. I found her in their shed laying down with what looked like the Head of her Calf in the birth sack starting to show. I didn’t want to rush into helping her Calf as she was not in any stress and and returned to the Farm House for a cup of coffee, to return in half an to see how the Reindeer was getting on. When I returned she was up and outside with no sign of the birth sack. When I went into the shed there was a small birth sack with the embryo still inside. The Reindeer had aborted her Calf. The Calf was well formed with what I would say getting on for four to five weeks before her full term of the pregnancy. It looks very much as if the Helicopter that frightened the Reindeer had caused the abortion. We have to hope that the other Reindeer that was frightened will not abort. Although she doesn’t look great.

Andrew our 6 year old holiday guest met Thornton this morning. Whats that Mister he asked. That Thornton our pet Lamb. I cant believe that Andrew had never seen a Lamb before, but it seems he had not, or a least had forgotten he had. His Mother told us that when he first saw Thornton out of the window he thought that he was a Dog. Thornton sees himself as a Dog so maybe Andrew wasn’t being unreasonable. As far as Thornton was concerned I don’t think that he has enjoyed the experience of meeting Andrew. I made the mistake of telling Andrew that Thornton enjoyed playing with a ball. One of the dogs footballs hit Thornton on the head. Andrew thought that it was a game and chased after him. Thornton did move and hasn’t been near Andrew Cottage all day.

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

Two more pics of my Amaryllis – Jill.

Reindeer. The first photograph is of Reindeer Cows in Sweden before their journey to the UK. The second was when they arrived in the UK. Unfortunately the white one is not for sale.

Photo of the Pine Marten I took the other night. Picture not very good as it was taken from the computer. It was lovely to see. Merrilyn.

I take it no one saw the three Roe Deer in the Valley last night. I put them on all of the Denbury Farm webcam pages. The Deer have been feeding in the Valley for the past four days at least. I could not tell if they were male or female. If they are female they will give birth in about six to eight weeks time. Although they are more than likely to be young males.

Not to sure what the Geese are up to. They are returning to the Lake early in the morning. Some times as early as 4.30am. I know because they wake me. They leave normally before 9.am Now and then they will inspect the Island before flying away. They had better make up their mind if they are going to nest on the Island before another pair do. A pair of Swans looked as if they might have landed on the Lake yesterday. They flew around in circles above the Lake a few time but decided not to land. Every time we have had Swans land on the Lake there have been Geese on as well who chase the Swans off. As much as I like the Geese it would be good for Swans to nest. There would also be a greater chance of Cygnet surviving with the aggressions Swans show when threatened.

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

When we were at Denbury in February, I had a little chat with Arnie, Smuggler, Thornton and a Reindeer and they all agreed that if I made a small donation to Comic Relief, they would allow themselves to be photographed with Red Noses!
I hope you don’t mind! Julia.
P.S. Should the Reindeer be named Rudolfa?

Julia, you missed with the Reindeer.

Two year old Bull Reindeer that are For Sale.

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

Tetatet mini daffs cyclamen around a tree all taken at Hodsock. Sue.

These are photos of Hodsock Priory near Worksop. Sue.

When I changed the webcams over this morning I could only see two Reindeer in the field, so I went to the Field before we gave the Horses their feed. On entering there is usually one of the Reindeer waiting in the area between the gate and the Field that we made so that our Holiday Guests can get close to the Reindeer, she was not there and no where to be seen in the Field. I thought that she may have got out so I would look for her after the Horses were fed. Just as I was leaving the Field I noticed a movement behind one of their two houses at the far end of the Field. When I got to to where I seen the movement there she was well and truly caught up in some netting that was behind two fence panels for added security to keep the Reindeer in. The netting was twisted many times around her antlers, but as much as I tried I could not untwist it. In the end I needed to return to the Farm House for a knife to cut the netting away. Once it was cut off she was not bothered at all, running to the feeding troughs to make sure that she was not missing out on the breakfast.

The Badgers are all starting to come out together for their feed. At the last count when they were all coming out together last year, there were eleven. This year at the two feeding areas I have counted nine at one time, so there is a good chance that there still eleven occupying the Sett, plus however many Cubs there are, for I am sure that the amount of time and bedding that the Badgers are taking into the Sett, there are at least one family of Cubs. I have also seen one Badger that seems to have lightened up on it head. It is usually out feeding on the bottom feeding area quite early. I don’t know if it is changing because it is getting older or it is on of last years Cubs.

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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

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

The little giraffe calf was born on the 1st December last year to Quiver, at Blackpool Zoo. We took our grandson for a pre Christmas treat on 18th December so it was just 18 days old. Also a picture of our favourite little pet Lewis who was then three and a half. Pam.

Our Garden yesterday(5-02-09) Rose W’canton.

Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance landing just the other side of our garden wall today. Rose W’canton.

I had part of the email below from Chris at Pennywell Farm who sent his two Female Reindeer to be covered by Padfoot in the Autumn.

First the very sad news, my lovely one eyed reindeer was found dead this morning which is really bad news as I was very fond of her. I will be getting an autopsy to see what caused the premature death.

The follow up email arrive as I was writing tonight Diary.

Just had the autopsy. Very sad as it was in calf. We saw the embryo calf,
perfectly formed. It died of a twisted gut which surprised me as it hasn’t
been out doing much rolling or running around. Interestingly we saw the gut
twisted and also all the inflammation that caused , nasty!

The news is a terrible shame, but it has shown that Padfoot was fertile before he died, and that there is a good chance that our Reindeer Females are in Calf. Chris has asked us to find him two more Females for Pennywell Farm.

Twisted guts are not easy to diagnose. It causes animals a lot of pain. They are not able to eat or pass droppings. Operating on animals with a twisted gut is very unlikely to be successful. My only knowledge of it is with Horses. All that I have know to have it have died.

The Badgers mating was only the second time that I have seen it. It is also a good sign that there are Cubs in the Sett.

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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.

Snowdrops At Denbury. Julia.

Thornton with his Ear Tag. Julia.

The Sun over the Lake. Julia.

The Island on the lake; Julia.

Everyday sight – Arnie and Peacock. Julia.

The Geese were on the Lake this Morning. They went on to the Island, the Goose looking as if she was placing a few twigs and grass, maybe the beginning of a nest.

One of the Reindeer has shed one of her Antlers. She must had done so when she got out of the Reindeer Field. Unfortunately when I walked around the Field to try to find it I could not see it. I had hoped to have mounted the three sets of the Females Antler to hang in the Holiday Cottages. It is one of the Reindeer that doesn’t normally get out.

It didn’t take one of the Squirrels long to get onto the tray of the new feeding site. I washed down the Squirrel Guard as I thought that the Squirrel may be getting a little grip on some mud that had got on the guard. I also put some oil on it to make it slippery, but one of the Squirrels still managed to get on to the tray.

The Fox in the Valley last night had caught a Rabbit for his supper.

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

ALL TAKEN AT THE TROPICAL BUTTERLY HOUSE NEAR WORKSOP. LYNNE.

Tonight and yesterdays photo page is only able to happen because of Lynne and Penny. There are very few left.

As those who have visited Denbury know our Sheep to the annoyance of our Neighbours tend to be free range. We lost some weeks back two Lambs that we believe have been rustled, and they still haven’t been found. Mind you for getting on for a week or more we have not seen the rest of the Sheep. We normally see them in the Woods most days so I was concerned that they may have been stolen. This morning I had a drive around the Lanes in the hope that I may see them in the fields on the opposite of the left hand Woods. They were nowhere to be seen although there were plenty of their droppings in one of the Fields.

When I went to feed the Reindeer this evening, one Reindeer, as two of them decided to go walk abouts this morning and were on the Lane on the other side of our drive gates. When we went to try to get them back on the Farm they decided to run in the direction that we would not want them to go. At the end of the Lane there are two many directions for them to go and an open common that would have been nearly impossible to catch them if they reached it. They did, and whoopee that went going into a trot. It seemed that it was going to be an absolute disaster. I could see that they were going to get out of sight and finish up making their way to the main road and getting run over. If not that finish up on the Quantock Hill.

I called out to them in the hope that one of the two Reindeer who was friendly would come to me. Both of the Reindeer stopped on hearing my call and the friendly one came towards me. If she came close to me I would grab hold of her. She wasen’t that stupid, just as was nearly in grabbing distance the other one started to run again. I had lost my chance but I had managed to get in front of them. It made them turn into the wrong direction but a car made them turn again running in the direction of the Lane, with luck they turned down the Lane. At the entrance to the Farm and our neighbours they chose our neighbours entrance, with their gate closed the Reindeer were secure.

Back to feeding the remaining Reindeer. On the way to feed it I heard Thornton calling out in distress. He was caught up in some bramble. I soon released him and on continuing to the Reindeer Field I noticed the Sheep in the Horse Field looking in the direction of Thornton. Thornton’s distress calls had been heard by the Sheep and they were making their was to the calls. At least I knew they were about.

On my way back from feeding the Badgers one of the missing Reindeer was in the Horse Field. With a bit of coaxing with a bucket of feed we got it back to the Reindeer Field and the other missing Reindeer was waiting for it.

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Starting from number eight there are eight new photographs on…

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

I got that one wrong. There have been sent a lot of photographs today that will last for about a week.

Pelicans in Green Park.London. Janice (Leeds)

Here’s Dartmouth on a lovely summer day! We have a holiday home in Brixham, we love Dartmouth. Janice of Leeds

Roses – Hyde Park London May 2008. Janice (Leeds)

Atmospheric Glencoe. Janice of Leeds

Slapton towards Torcross. Devon. Janice (Leeds)

Slapton Nature Reserve. Devon. Roll on summer days again! Janice of Leeds

Ladybird poppies at Coleton Fishacre Garden. Janice of Leeds

The house at Coleton Fishacre.Devon
Janice of Leeds

First of all the good news. Arnie is much better today. Not completely right but he is eating well and he is a lot perkier. I can only guess but it could be that hew slipped over or even rolled that caused a strain in his abdomen. The problem was in that area by the way that Arnie was stretching his rear legs.

Now the bad new. Padfoot died this afternoon. I was going to mention in last nights Diary that we had seen him scouring on Saturday, he was eating well but had lost some weight. Some weight loss would not have been unexpected after the rutting season, but he was not putting any weight on now that it was finished. I was going to call the Veterinary in this morning to give him a blood test, but I decided first to phone Cricket St Thomas Zoo from where Padfoot came from to ask a few questions. There remaining Reindeer were also scouring badly and were being treated by their Veterinary. They had also had two Reindeer die over the past months. One before we collected Padfoot and one after.

I collected antibiotic and multivitamin from the Veterinary, that we injected him with at about 1.0pm. At 4.pm when I went to feed the Reindeer Padfoot was down and taking his last breath.

I had seen him as did Karen on the webcam walking about this afternoon, so to find him dieing really was a shock. We are going to take him to Bristol Veterinary College in the morning for a postmortem, that we hope will tell us what Padfoot died from. We are concerned for our three Female Reindeer after learning of the same trouble with the Reindeer at the Zoo. The only comfort is that Padfoot was scouring a while back and the Females have not had any problems yet. We are hoping for the best.

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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.

THE FIRST THREE ARE FROM THE NEWSPAPER STORY AS BELOW, SENT IN BY Marie/NJ

Two more photographs of the icicles sent in by Elaine.

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