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In town and cities all over this Country there are Children, the old and disabled who live in flats and houses with no gardens and no opportunities to experience wildlife other than in communal parks. Some with ponds and lakes that attract wildlife and wildfowl. For some children feeding the wildfowl is there first and only opportunity in their childhood to interact with wildlife. What signals about wildlife are being given out to children when told no no you must not feed the ducks,swans, geese and wildfowl or mummy will be fined lots of money for letting you do what children have done for ever. Money that they cant afford or deserve to have taken for being a good parent.

I see ponds and lakes in parks as areas to attract wildlife and for leisure and enjoyment of all, with the facilities any particular park offers. Feeding the wildfowl comes into that category. Of course it would be better to feed wheat and flaked maze if you are able to source it, or for some afford the cost, but I have never seen ducks floating with their legs in the air because they have been given bread. Or have I seen many overfed ducks become so large and bloated they can hardly walk, that can be said to be in that condition because of being give bread. Animals like human come in a shapes and sizes. Being large is not always caused by unhealthy diets.

As for feeding the ducks being a dubious pastime, and that children only enjoy it because adults teach them. Adults teach most that children learn including how to enjoy themselves. Taking them to feed the ducks is not dubious. Some people may not agree with it. I experienced the delight and enjoyment of a child feeding the wildfowl at Denbury when I went to feed the Geese and their Goslings on the Lake earlier this year. I will never forget his face when he kept looking up at me showing his enjoyment.

As for our local park is a far more pleasant place since duck bread was banned as there is no longer a risk of slipping on unsightly rank leftovers. If you look where you are going and side step any of the small amount of bread that may be left, you wont slip over. Better still instead of councils giving employees pens to write out fines for those in the parks that they pay for out of their council tax, give them a broom.

I feed and allow those visiting Denbury to feed our wildfowl and Swans bread. Our wildfowl as those in communal parks are able to eat grass or water weed on the banks or bottom of the lakes.

There are to many council and government Jobs Worth’s spoiling this country with unnecessary new laws, rules and regulation that they were not elected to pass.

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In town and cities all over this Country there are…

In town and cities all over this Country there are Children, the old and disabled who live in flats and houses with no gardens and no opportunities to experience wildlife other than in communal parks. Some with ponds and lakes that attract wildlife and wildfowl. For some children feeding the wildfowl is there first and only opportunity in their childhood to interact with wildlife. What signals about wildlife are being given out to children when told no no you must not feed the ducks,swans, geese and wildfowl or mummy will be fined lots of money for letting you do what children have done for ever. Money that they cant afford or deserve to have taken for being a good parent.

I see ponds and lakes in parks as areas to attract wildlife and for leisure and enjoyment of all, with the facilities any particular park offers. Feeding the wildfowl comes into that category. Of course it would be better to feed wheat and flaked maze if you are able to source it, or for some afford the cost, but I have never seen ducks floating on their backs with their legs in the air because they have been given bread. Or have I seen many overfed ducks become so large and bloated they can hardly walk, that can be said to be in that condition because of being give bread. Animals like human come in a shapes and sizes. Being large is not always caused by unhealthy diets.

As for feeding the ducks being a dubious pastime, and that children only enjoy it because adults teach them. Adults teach most that children learn including how to enjoy themselves. Taking them to feed the ducks is not dubious. Some people may not agree with it. I experienced the delight and enjoyment of a child feeding the wildfowl at Denbury when I went to feed the Geese and their Goslings on the Lake earlier this year. I will never forget his face when he kept looking up at me showing his enjoyment.

As for our local park is a far more pleasant place since duck bread was banned and there is no longer a risk of slipping on unsightly rank leftovers. If you look where you are going and side step any of the small amount of bread that may be left, you wont slip over. Better still instead of councils giving employees pens to write out fines for those in the parks that they pay for out of their council tax, give them a broom.

I feed and allow those visiting Denbury to feed our wildfowl and Swans bread. Our wildfowl as those in communal parks are able to eat grass or water weed on the banks or bottom of the lakes.

There are to many council and government jobs Worth’s spoiling this country with unnecessary new laws, rules and regulation that they were not elected to pass.

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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.

Mouse article sent in by Elsie.

Attached is a photo of my friends’ dog, Jess, after being fitted with the wheels that enabled her to run about again after her legs and lower spine no longer worked. She had to drag herself around in the house, but once strapped into the cart would run like the wind!! Sadly she passed away a few months ago – and is sadly missed…. Jill.

Barn owl with vole. Janette

Moss – the European Eagle Owl. We thought he looked like a samurai warrior! Janette

Our Emu numbers increased to 19 today, and will increase again tomorrow to 29. It is nice to have them at Denbury, but the circumstances that we have acquired them is sad. They have come from Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park that is disposing of many of their animals to make way for Gardens that will now be landscaped into most of the Parks animal enclosures.

It is very sad for the staff, some employed at the Park for many years, some well over 20 who are being made redundant. It is going to be hard for them. Any redundancy is difficult, but for those I know who have been looking after the animals for 20 years plus I can see their hurt in knowing that the animals that they have cared for and bred are leaving the Park and they will not see them again. I can imagine their pain as they are putting the animals into the transport lorries, for they are all very caring about the animals they look after.

A lot of the animals are on their way to Yorkshire to another Zoo where they will be given a new home. Others are going to other Zoos and Wildlife Parks. I am getting the Emu and four breeding Rhea that we will breed.

The Emu that we have collected are all very friendly and have settled in much better than we had imagined. It has helped with us being very close to the Park. The journey has been under an hour, causing them very little stress.

I did manage to get a kick in the side from one as I was trying to get them out of the trailer, it didn’t hurt to much, just a bit of a shock. Another of the Emu nearly took root to the trailer. It managed to get out of the trailer, but seemed to decide that it liked the trailer better that the field, getting in and out of the trailer so many times that we lost count after ten.

Our four Rhea will be collected next week. We have got to decide where we are going to let them live.

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5 More photographsv from Lynne.

Artical sent in by Elsie.

Peregrine falcon shot and fatally wounded

POLICE are appealing for information after a protected bird of prey was found fatally wounded.

The bird, a young female peregrine falcon, was found alive on land near Hornby Castle, between Catterick and Bedale, North Yorkshire, on Wednesday.

After an examination and x-ray by an avian specialist, it was found that the bird had been shot in the last five to six days with a shotgun.

The shotgun pellets had caused infection and fatal damage to the bird’s flight muscles and tendons, leaving it incapable of flight.

To prevent the bird from any further suffering, it was put to sleep.

PC Mark Rasbeary, a wildlife Crime officer with North Yorkshire Police, said: “This is awful.

“Peregrine falcons are magnificent birds of prey, however we are finding that they are increasingly becoming the target of people who, for reasons of their own, hold a grudge against them.

“North Yorkshire Police takes crimes against wildlife very seriously.

“Shooting a peregrine falcon is a crime, the bird has the highest protection under schedule one of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

“Rest assured, we will root out the offenders and bring them to justice.”

Penalties upon conviction for killing a bird of prey include fines of up to

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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.

Kingfisher that landed on one of our guests fishing rod at Denbury last week. It happened with another of our guests today.

Cardinal in Edwards Gardens – Rosie’s Mum

Niagara Falls = Rosie’s Mum

Tunnel which goes underground to the edge of the Falls – Rosie’s Mum

Albino Peacock – Rosie’s Mum

Thank you all those checking the adds.

I am not a fisherman, as much because I don’t particularly enjoy it and I don’t like to think of the Fish being caught with a hook in its mouth. That by the way it is the biggest participation sport in this country. It is second to people coming on Holiday at Denbury for the Wildlife, so we are fortunate to be able to offer fishing Holidays at Denbury. Most of all those Fishing here seem to have been wildlife enthusiasts.

We made the Lake and Large Pond over ten years ago to encourage the Wildlife. For that it has been very successful. Stocking the Lakes with Fish was secondary. We only spent a very small amount of money on the stocking the Lakes, mostly very small Fish. There seemed to be very little point in having a Lake with no Fish. Fish were needed for the Kingfisher and Grebes that now visit our waters.

The intention when we put the Lake and Pond in was for them to be filled by the Stream that runs by the side of the Lake, but after they were dug out the holes filled within ten days from underground springs. That is a very large amount of water. The Lake is about an acre and the Pond about half the size. The Lakes being Spring fed rather than by the Stream allows the Fish to grow to their full potential, rather than by the size of the Lake. After ten years the Fish are very large. Last year a Carp of 22lb was fish from the Lake and one of a larger size was seen in the Pond.

I will tell you a little more about the Lakes and fishing and the experiences that a few of those fishing in the past two weeks have had tomorrow.

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Garden birds feeding on dried meal worms. Clive.

We went to Cricket St Thomas this afternoon to see the new Ostrich that we purchased for them. It was collected last week but it hasn’t settled in to well. When it was collected it should have been a very large Red Breed as the photograph that I put on the Photo Page, but the person who collected it decided for a number of reasons to take a Black type Ostrich.

On the first night at the Wildlife Park the new Ostrich was put into a holding area so that he could get use to the new surroundings. Somehow he got out and managed to get stuck in a muddy part of the Lake. After rescuing him he was put in a different holding area but was not at all happy. A Female Ostrich was introduced to him. That seems to have quietened him down a bit and it is hoped that he can be introduced into the main paddock Wildlife paddock shortly.

In all of the time that I kept Ostrich I never experienced any problems that the Wildlife Park have. The Ostrich was kept in an Ostrich Farm before I got him and may never had seen or been in the type of environment as the Wildlife Park,
the large area and other animals that again he may never have seen before properly stressed him out.

Whilst at the Wildlife Park we looked at the Black Swans Cygnets that we are having. They hatched in the Winter and should be ready to come to Denbury in a couple of weeks time. We have a bit of a problem of where we are going to put them. The best place would be on the Lake, but the Geese would have something to say about that wouldn’t have them intruding, especially whilst they have the Goslings. There would be a lot of scrapping with the Black Swan Cygnets coming off worse. Until the Geese leave at the end of the Summer we will need to find somewhere else for the Swans to go. If I can find the time I will fence the Pond, or there is a small lagoon close to the Cottages that if we get time to clear the weeks will do temporarily.

There are also some Joey Wallaby’s that have now left their Mother Pouch that we may also get very soon.

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

If we had not received Tom and Roses photographs there would not have been any for tonight. There are none for tomorrow.

Remember to click.

My daughters recent visit to Zambia, these are from Victoria Falls area. Tom and Rose.

We had two female kune kune piglets to look at today. They were quite close to the Farm and on the way to Cricket St Thomas. I needed to go to the Wildlife Park as Hannibal the Ostrich that we have given them a eight years ago had died after being kicked by a Zebra. I have managed to find a replacement for Hannibal and went to discuss it with them.

Like most Zoos and Wildlife Parks there is very little buying and selling of Animals. They tend to exchange or give. I have always done the same and I knew that I would finish up doing it this time.

Hannibal was a Blue type Ostrich, standing an imposing nearly 9 foot tall. He was one of my favorites and I was pleased that we found the Wildlife Park as his home. He was about fifteen years old, having a good fifty years of his life left if it had not been for the accident. I thought that finding a replacement would be difficult but within a couple of phone calls I managed to find a breeder in Essex who was selling all of his Birds. The breeders main type of Ostrich is Black, the smallest type of Ostrich, but he did have one Red Type Ostrich that are the largest of the breed. As long as it is OK that is what Cricket will be having. I am waiting for a photograph to be sent. When I get it I will show you it on the Photo Page. We are getting a pair of Wallaby’s in exchange. Not sure what they will be yet. Could be a couple of Joeys when they are ready to leave the pouch. If I can twist an arm it maybe a Male and Female and a joey in the pouch. As soon as I know you will be the first to know.

The visit to the Wildlife Park turned out to be very good. We have been given three Black Swans. This time they wont fly away. And we have been promised a few Rhea Eggs if they start laying.

On the way back from the Wildlife Park we went to see the Kune Kune Piglets. I must admit part of the visit was to see if the Pig that we went to get last Sunday was a good example of the size. The breed is described as small, but the adult we went to buy was not far short of the size of a domestic Pig. The Mother of the Piglets we saw today was in fact even a little bigger. After seeing them it didn’t take me long to decide that we were not going to be the owner of any Kune Kune. The idea as they are a very friendly breed of Pig, would have been for them to be free range. Unfortunately although they graze we have seen signs that like all Pigs, and these are no different, they root. Rooting free range Pigs and lawns don’t mix. I also believe that younger Children would find them with their looks and size a little menacing.

The Hatching webcam page can now be accessed from the Home Page. The Hatcher was delivered today. Our first eggs to hatch will be going in next week.

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

Sandford church a village about 4 miles south of Oxford. Clive.

Sandford lock-keepers house. Clive.

Sandford lock, the deepest lock on the non tidal Thames with a fall of 8 feet 10 inches. Clive.

Crocuses in Hinksey Park near Oxford. Clive.

Daffodils in the grounds of Templeton College near Oxford. Clive.

Vicky’s boyfriend David was helping me finish off feeding the animals this evening. The Reindeer needed water so we had to get the quad bike out of the Barn to take the water carriers to the Reindeer Field. By the side of the Stables there was a dead Dove obviously just been attacked. A little distance away a Sparrow Hawk landed in a Tree. On returning to the Stables the Sparrow Hawk flew in front of him with the Dove. It wasn’t going to give up that feed.

Thornton has got a liking for peanuts. I wouldn’t mind, but he is not happy with being given a few now and then, he has decided that he wants the Badgers. For the past few weeks he tries to follow me to the Badger feeding sites. I know that he is following me, but as soon as I look around to him, he starts to eat the grass as if he was not following. I now need to try to stop Thornton from seeing me going to feed the Badgers. I am not very successful and finish up chasing him all the way back to the Farm House. Sheep are not so dumb.

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

We had a couple more days of photographs emailed to us today, but we still need more to be able to continue with the Photo Page.

These are a few pictures from the back-streets of Oxford, I have lived in Oxford all my life and used to think the place was a tip, but now I have a bit of time on my hands I have found there are still some very nice bits left that haven’t been developed. Clive.

Going by last night and today’s entries on the Forum no one, even the regulars saw the Buck Roe Deer in the Valley last night. It was by far the best nighttime picture that we have ever had of Wildlife in the Valley. I was pleased to see a Deer as I have only seen a few in the past few months. No where near the amount that we saw earlier this year and last or since we allowed the Cattle into the Valley.

Over the past few days we have also seen quite a lot of Deer foot prints in the Valley, again the first for a good while. With a bit of luck they are starting to return. Now that we have managed to get the Vally Camera working properly we will be able to see the Deer and any other Wildlife a lot better. We are waiting for a couple of new infra-red lamps that are going to be donated by the camera manufacturer. They will we hope light up the far end of the Valley as it use to be, if not better.

The Valley Fields are over ten acres. The best way to light it is to cover all directions of the Valley with individual infra-red lamps, but unfortunately that would be mega money. Now that the days are getting shorter it is important to try to see more night time Wildlife.

We managed to get David to put up another small addition to the Squirrel obstacle course. My idea of putting a tunnel on the first pole was not as good as I expected it to be. By what I have seen some of the Squirrels don’t even bother going inside of it. They just scamper over the outside. It wouldn’t be easy as it has no grip. I havent had a lot of time to check it out, so I am not sure if it is spoiling the Squirrel activity. Let us know if you think it is. This is the last week that Vicky and her Family are with us. Unfortunately David is not coming down this week so I wont be able to get him to add anything this week. Somehow we will try to add something.