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Beautiful female, Rutland's CJ7:
The hoped-for partner for CJ7, local male LS7, has not yet appeared. CJ has been tending the nest daily and yesterday she took everyone by surprise, producing an egg - which took us by surprise by surviving... until midnight at least ;)
IMAGICAT
He is cutting down the Gorge. Gorse is relatively fast growing up to a certain size, but then just slows right down, and the bushes go very "leggy" and "spindly" with the bushes seeming to die from the inside out and very little healthy green foliage. They need to be cut down to ground level every few years (15 - 20), which then allows the bushes to regrow with new healthy foliage and much bushier, which improves the wildlife. The gorse lined roads in the area are also managed in the same way. An old gorse bush that isn't cut back looks very unhealthy, and is not used by wildlife much. One upside from this is that many gorse covered areas suddenly spring to life for 2 or 3 years with fantastic displays of coloured heather, which then dies back when overcome by the new gorse, only to re-emerge next gorse cut.
Richard B
Unknown said:Most interesting Richard - I've enjoyed learning that. Thank you
I've just opened this tab to find it on the Rich Formatting page - and that's because I was going to say exactly what you said, CIRRUS, yesterday but must have got digressed
Thanks, RICHARD!
21 November
A little percher in the morning (when the deer didn't turn up until nearly 9 o'clock, BTW, and didn't stay long):
Unknown said:probably a Meadow Pipit
Well I'm blow'd! A YouTuber (whom I can't find out anything about, he doesn't upload videos) just commented:
For a couple of days I've had big problems with this cam/my internet, can't be sure what the source of the problems was :(
However, what a nice surprise to find a Green Woodpecker perching for a short while at lunchtime today:
Very quiet at this nest, as we'd expect at this time of the year - but I'm always hoping, especially for an owl or "familar face" at nighttime.
About 08:00, no-one seen earlier than that:
Ths Sika deer this morning, around 10:00 - Whitey is definitely an important individual in this herd. As it's under 2 minutes I left it "whole" and at normal speed - see the the main "herdlet" (possibly) appear in the top-right field after they disappear from the main area: