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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.

Getting very short on photographs. Only one day left.

Here are 5 photos from San Diego , California. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

Flowers in Seaport Village. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

Calla Lilly on Coronado Island. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

Dragon Tree in front of the Hotel Del Coronado. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

Garden flowers, Coronado Island. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

A really strange garden plant on Coronado Island. Penny, Chicago Chicago Chicago

Any of you who did not manage to see the Roe Deer on the Valley camera last night, missed one of the best deer antics that we have seen. Three Deer were happily grazing quite close to the camera when what looked very much like a Buck appeared from no where and started to chase one of three. It was quite a chase around the field. Running at full speed around the Field quite a few times and bouncing over the stream. I must admit I did have a little problem trying to keep up with the chasing. The what might have been an intruder had another two accomplices who did a little chasing but nothing as the first. The original three have been around Denbury for over a month. I will try to find time to put up a longer range infra-red lamp to see further down the Valley as I am sure that they will be in the Valley more than the few times we see them.

The Farmer on the other side of the Wood that the Sheep go through to the Farmers Field has put Sheep netting up so that our Sheep do not spoil the crop he has just put in. Since then the Sheep have been grazing in our Horse Field that is very close to the Farm House. It is the perfect spot for Thornton to see them. Yesterday Thornton went to investigate. For some of today he has done the same and has had no problems as he did a little yesterday. He keeps coming back from time to time, knocking on the door to be let in. As it started to get a little darker he has come in for the night. I don’t think that Thornton will want to be a Sheep full time. Although it is good to see him with the Sheep.

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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.

Getting very short on photographs.

The first Chicken out.

A little later.

Dolly with her Lambs.

Thats Thornton just behind the Ewe in the foreground.

All the Chicken free range.

Thornton has been mixing with the Ewes and their Lambs this evening. It started when I tried to get a few photographs for the Photo Page. A little feed was put out for the Ewes and Thornton decided to join in. The Ram wasn’t best pleased and gave Thornton a few head butts, that didn’t seem to worry him at all. Initially the Ewes were a little wary but soon allowed Thornton to get near their Lambs. We had to make Thornton come back to the Farm Yard as he may have gone into the Woods and got lost. He would eventually have come back on his own, but we couldn’t take the chance. When he decided it was time to return with a little encouragement you could see him jumping and prancing with excitement. Some of you may have seen it on the webcam.

The nine Ewes have given birth to twelve Lamb between them. All but two are white, the other being brownish rabbit colour with dark chocolate noses and feet. I tried to get a photograph of them but the Ewe took them away before I arrived with the camera. I will try to get some more photographs over the next few days.

We let the Chickens out of their House for the first time today. The first one came out very quickly, the rest taking nearly half an hour. We have left the Chicken House in one of the Horse areas until we have time to move it nearer to the Holiday Cottages. Thinking that we could confine them to the corral area we put some sheep netting on the fencing. That was a waste of time as they soon walked through the netting. They haven’t strayed far from their House and should be easy to put away tonight.

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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.

Eight of our new Geese.

The other four.

From the left. Chicken Egg, Turkey Egg and our first Goose Egg.

Well what a surprise, I have won this egg in a raffle at our local garden centre, I had already bought Easter eggs for everyone. Wish I could share it with you all !! We will still be eating it at Christmas! Rose W’canton.

Bird of Paradise in our Hotel Garden. Penny Chicago Chicago Chicago.

As you can see by tonight photographs, we collected our Geese last evening. The eight are a little moth eaten and will do and look better when they are are allowed out on the grass to graze. They are about a year old. To our surprise when we went to feed them this morning one had layed an egg. We don’t know how long that they have been laying, or if the Geese have been mating, but we will try to incubate the egg.

The Four Geese were hatched in the November and December last year. Very late for Geese eggs to hatch. We don’t know how they will be if we mix to two lots of Geese. There may be one almighty fight causing some of them to get killed or injured, so we will keep them apart.

There are too many Geese for us to keep on the Farm. A trio will be about right, so we will sell the remaining nine. I must admit hearing Geese honking is a nice sound to have on the Farm.

We changed our incubator today. The original incubator would incubate 190 Chicken eggs. To be honest I thought that on that working out, it would incubate about a 100 Goose eggs. On reading the instruction book it will only incubate just over 50 Goose eggs. Being we hope to hatch every week, we changed the incubator for one double the size. As you can see on the photograph, Geese eggs are a lot bigger. The one in the photograph is the one we found our Geese had laid this morning is not a very big one.

I emailed Rose, W’canton telling her to send her Giant Easter egg to us. We would well tuck into it, and it must be some thing to do with when Thornton was born, as he has managed to find some chocolates from time to time. The last one being just over a week ago when he was found in one of the Cottages, with a box of posh chocolates that had been part of an anniversary present. Thornton had reached up on his rear legs and pulled the chocolates down from a cabinet, and was found stuffing himself. Thornton does like his chocolate.

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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 one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

Thorntons Birthday Photographs by Vicky.

Thornton is one year old tomorrow. For those of you who do not know how Thornton became a Pet. Thornton was one of twins who had some how had managed to fall out of the Sheep pen we had made for the Sheep whilst they were giving birth. When we went to the Barn to give the Horses and Sheep their morning feed we found one of the Sheep had given birth in the night. She had one Lamb. After having a cup of coffee we went back out again to the Barn to muck out. It was then that we heard one weak lamb bleat coming from under the big round hay bales. It was only one bleat so it was a bit like looking for a needle in a hay stack, but eventually laying flat out one the ground the Lamb was pulled out from under the bales, wet, cold and looking that he would not survive. After drying and warming the Lamb up we put him on to the Ewes Teat in the hope that it was not to late for it to get the life giving colostrum. The Ewe would not accept the Lamb taking the colostrum and tried as hard as she could to push it away, but we did manage to get some into the Lamb. We penned the Ewe and her two Lambs in a separate area in the hope that she would accept the Lamb, but every time we went to see them the Ewe was butting the Lamb away, until eventually we had not alternative but to take the Lamb in to the Farm House to feed it and try top keep it alive.

It was Easter Monday. On the kitchen top was a box of Thornton Chocolates. Hence Thornton was named. Tass and Kye were not best pleased. Nature tells them that Thornton was food and it took a while for them to get use to him. I should think that it was not to much longer than a week that Thornton was going for walks with Tass and Kye, although they would much rather had of eaten him than had him for company. Eventually the Dogs got use to Thornton. Tass at times even being motherly towards him. Now all three get on quite well. Going for walks and runs along side the Quad Bike. Although Thornton lives in the Farm house we do part him from the Dogs at night we we go to bed, just in case. Although he does at times playfully butts both Tass and Kye with his head.

As far as Thornton is concerned he is a Dog dressed in Sheep drag. He will always live in the Farm House as he has become a pet as have our dogs. Every one who meets Thornton likes him, and he likes all of them. He is as much of Denbury as any other animal or person, and we would never want to part with him.

Peter from the Lock sent the Osprey information below.

OSPREY FAQs

Why do ospreys only live here for half the year? And where are they for the other half?
In Britain ospreys are migratory, which means that they travel to another part of the world as part of their life cycle. They spend their winters on the west coast of Africa, in Gambia and Senegal. They come to Scotland, and now to parts of England too, to breed.

So are all ospreys like this?
No. In Australia and parts of America ospreys do not migrate.

Why do ospreys bother coming here in the summer?
This is where ospreys are from. They are born here and they breed here. If it weren

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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.

I was looking through some pictures the other day and found these.

This was taken at Culloden Moor, site of the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. As that’s the Government Army Line, are those “Government Mole” Hills behind it!!??

Loch Ness in January – bleak but lovely!

Cromarty Firth – it’s where they take Oil Rigs for servicing, but it’s quite a sight to see so many in such a small area!

Loch Ness – still January but looking a bit brighter!
Starting from number six

This photo was taken as the very last Concorde flew into Filton, Bristol where it has remained ever since. This was probably about ten minutes before it reached it’s final destination. Julia.

I shouldn’t think that any of you saw the Geese being chased off of the Lake this morning. A pair flew on the Lake last evening. I thought that it was the regular pair. As it happened they were not. The regular pair flew in this morning just as I was turning the cameras over. They didn’t hesitate and without landing properly flew menacing straight at the intruders. They didn’t hang about leaving and it was all over within second.

Thornton went missing last evening. With the help of our Holiday guests we eventually found him looking quite unwell and not bothering about any thing. This morning he was none the better. I thought that it was a recurrence of the problem that he had a little while back. He moped about for most of the morning, every now and then getting back to his old self. Obviously nothing to serious. On thinking back I don’t think that he was ill at all. Vicky, Diane and John came for two weeks on Saturday. ~Thornton was pleased to see then, unfortunately Thornton showing them he was pleased wasn’t appreciated as he was giving them little head butts. The only way to stop him was to very slightly tap him with a stick. I reckon that he thought that he was being chased off and got in a Sheep’s way upset. It didn’t help as Diane had not remembered to bring a ginger nuts with her.

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

Two Collared Doves have been around for a few weeks they are such pretty dainty birds, I think

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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.

Hello all,I love watching your webcams and reading the diary and forum, just thought you may like to see this email sent to me. While you are having such cold weather, we are having dreadful heat. I am in Brisbane Queensland, our heat is sultry and humid. These pictures were taken in Victoria where they have very dry heat. One feels so sorry for the animals in these conditions. Thank you for your lovely site, Regards Janet.
In Victoria the temperature has been above 44 degrees all week and they are forecasting another week of 40+ temperatures. Power is failing, trains have stopped running because tracks are buckling under the heat . It

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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.

Queen Mary 2 in Southampton. Janice of Leeds.

The Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth. Janice, Leeds.

H.M.S.Victory, Portsmouth. Janice Leeds.

Slapton, Devon on a very windy but bright day. Janice Leeds.

A ferry arriving at Oban. Janice Leeds.

I have wasted most of today looking around the Farm and surrounding area for two missing Lambs. After the time I have spent looking and not seeing any sign of them I can only think that they have been stolen.

If they had been Sheep I would believe that they wandered off to return when they are ready. Being Lambs even being last years and weaned they are more likely to stay with the Sheep. I last counted a full count of the twelve Sheep and Lambs we have about five days ago. They do wander off of the Farm as they did last year, either in the Wood by the side of the Horse Field or in the Field on the other side of the Wood. OI looked in both of those places and a lot of other areas just in case they may have gone walk abouts further away.

I really should have ear tagged the Lambs that have our Flock numbers on. Although the tags can be removed and others replacing them it would be hardly worth the trouble. If they have been stolen I have a good idea who has taken them. If I am correct they would more than likely finish up in an abattoir in our local village, I will make a few enquiries tomorrow.

I will need to put an ear tag on Thornton when I finish tonight Diary. For sure he will not be best pleased. Fortunately Thornton Friend is still with the Flock and I will make sure that I tag the remainder of last years Lambs tomorrow.