This episode brings you:

CFZ in winter
The first snow and snow damage
Walking
The ditches of Huddisford
What happenned to the fallow deer
Animal crossing
Unseasonal flowers
Coloured frogs
Kennerland Cross
Moles
The Walland Farm trailcams
Walland Farm at night
Badgers/deer/rabbits/foxes
Are there still red squirrels in Devon?
Bigfoot in storage
The Loch Lomond Monster
The cat who steals tobacco
Corinna looks at out of place birds
New and Rediscovered: Rediscovered monkey
New and Rediscovered: New lemur
New and Rediscovered: New tiny frogs

This episode brings you:

CFZ in winter
2011 redux
Repairing peacock
A cabinet from Harrods
Eric Classey
Yeti finger
Mystery mice
Feeding hens and pike
Plans for 2012
Blog updates
Corinna looks at out of place birds
New and Rediscovered: Rediscovered Afghan leopard
New and Rediscovered: New horned viper
New and Rediscovered: New moss frogs

In March we fnd bloody hell, Oliver has made a wels
but because we'd been unwell we were running late its no surprise
April we had sunny days wandering round in a haze
Max and I spent happy hours cataloguing butterflies

There was a strange hedge garlic glut and orange tips were everywhere
Corinna and I went and did some speaking gigs in Berkshire
one in Reading library, and then the next day she and me
did another one in Wokingham and then drove our way back here

On the way we went to see the Hampshire hawk conservancy,
a place that's rather dear to me and everything was going well
I filmed bustards (birds I like even though they look alike)
Max brought us a handsome pike, Corinna called it Cromwell

WITHOUT SELF-AGGRANDISING
I THINK THE CFZ GIVE A PRETTY GOOD SHOWING
WE DIDN'T LIGHT THE FIRE
BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THE DAMN THING GOING

Graham fixed the roof in May, it doesn't leak no more wayhay
so when the skies are cold and gray, we no longer panic
there was a tragic incident when prudence snapped her ligament
after running round the garden and being stupid and manic

In June we bred our Aequidens species Peru, which is an
unidentified species of cichlid that needs to be studied
July a boost to our self worth, our caecilians had given birth
we've achieved something most major zoos have so far just not managed

In August once again my friend, will this madness never end
we promoted the 12th weird weekend the lynx caused a sensation
a few days later sponsored by the North Devon animal ambulance,
Pru went in to hospital to have an operation

She sulked for nearly six weeks for not getting on the furniture
the way she always had before, and worse we couldn't let her
go outside except for when she had to go out for a pee
but after time, eventually the vet pronounced her better

WITHOUT SELF-AGGRANDISING
I THINK THE CFZ GIVE A PRETTY GOOD SHOWING
WE DIDN'T LIGHT THE FIRE
BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THE DAMN THING GOING

In september to Redfern's groans, Corinna sang like The Ramones
we were working so hard to make sure that things got easier
the same month Richard and the crew, to the great joy of me and you
went back for the fourth time to hunt apes in Indonesia

Of success they had a glint, was this a real knuckle print
of a new species of great ape still lurking unmolested
they brought back footprints pics and filmed eyewitness testimony
they also brought back hair samples which are waiting to be tested

October Oll left us alone and we got our rabbits rehomed
and Oll took Helios with him to go live with his girlfriend near
and much to my personal glee we had room at last for a library
now all my books are in the same place for the first time since we moved here

November we just had to mention how much we enjoyed the unconvention
and with Shosh and Gvin's help getting there wasn't too much bother
and afterwards we went to see the Rutland hoot birds sanctuary
and spent a pleasant few days staying with my wife's dear mother

WITHOUT SELF-AGGRANDISING
I THINK THE CFZ GIVE A PRETTY GOOD SHOWING
WE DIDN'T LIGHT THE FIRE
BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THE DAMN THING GOING

And in December with good reason, we celebrate the festive season
looking back the last 12 months all had a strange cohesion
prudence corinna AND ME had A YEAR of natural history
and fortean zoology and as the year draws to completion

WITHOUT SELF-AGGRANDISING
I THINK THE CFZ GIVE A PRETTY GOOD SHOWING
WE DIDN'T LIGHT THE FIRE
BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THE DAMN THING GOING

Love to you all

This episode brings you:

CFZ in winter
Rutland Falconry Centre
Barn Owls across the Atlantic
Owlman
Eagle Owls
Sahar Dimus obituary and appeal
Dezy Marak obituary and appeal
Uncon 2011
CFZ Library
Meet Morticia
Thylacine skulls
Orang Pendek
Hey hey we're not the Monkees
Corinna looks at out of place birds
New and Rediscovered: Rediscovered frog
New and Rediscovered: New ferret badger
New and Rediscovered: New bat

This episode brings you:

CFZ in autumn
An excuse
Richard's new book
Pygmy goats
Orang pendek witness
Jon is about to be sued by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Trail cams
Rossi's raptors
It's Rabbit Moving Time
Changes at the CFZ
Corinna looks at out of place birds
New and Rediscovered: New deer
New and Rediscovered: New frogs
New and Rediscovered: Rediscovered bee