MarilynJane Photography Diary

Winter is here

7 December 201629 April 2017

The 1st of December and the first day of the meteorological winter and it certainly came in very cold, temperatures outside […]

Visit to RSPB Radipole

2 December 201629 April 2017

We spent a couple of hours at the RSPB Radipole reserve at Weymouth this week We were hoping to see […]

29th November

1 December 201629 April 2017

Sunrise 07:49 Sunset 16:06 GMT A cold frosty morning and as usual Kim and myself are out for our early […]

Late November

30 November 201629 April 2017

For a couple of days earlier in the week I was unable to cross over into Bere Marsh and the […]

First storm of the autumn

20 November 201629 April 2017

This autumn has been very special the trees have been amazing and the leaves have remained for a while for […]

Morning walks

18 November 201629 April 2017

Sunrise 07:31 Sunset 16:17 My early morning walks are getting more interesting now we are well into autumn, besides the […]

Barn Owl

16 November 201629 April 2017

I’ve been lucky to see the Barn Owl out in the mornings around dawn especially if it has been raining […]

Fungi foray

30 October 201625 June 2017

I thought I’d take a trip up to Ringmoor, just off of Okeford Hill near Turnworth. The land belongs to […]

At Home

27 October 201618 March 2019

Rod and I consider ourselves very lucky to live where we are. Our house looks over Hambledon Hill to the […]

On the 28th July I visited Dean Mason’s Windows on Wildlife to photograph Harvest Mice for a couple of hours. Dean had a cancellation and I decided a little therapy watching these lovely little characters was just what I needed. They love to climb and are very quick so you have to be ready to […]

Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary and Buckfast Butterfly Farm 2

The second part of this post is about the Butterfly Farm which is in a large glasshouse next to the Otters. The Buckfast Butterfly Farm and Devon Otter sanctuary are on one site and throughout the day I alternated between the Butterfly House and the Otters outside. It was very hot and humid in the […]

Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary and Buckfast Butterfly Farm 1

On Sunday 12th June I went with members of Blandford Camera Club to Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary and Buckfast Butterfly Farm, we had a great day the Otters are characters. There were three species the small Asian Short clawed Otter up to mischief all the time and the Large North American Otter and my favourite our […]

Forest Falconry

I had a great day on Friday 25th March with friend Judy Vowles who had invited me to join her on a that day. It was a Christmas present from her brother to go to Forest Falconry in the New Forest with a friend where we handled their birds and walked through woodland paths with […]