MarilynJane Photography Diary

Murky weather

29 December 201929 December 2019

After the excitement of my village walk on 23rd December the time or weather has prevented me from getting out. […]

Village walks

23 December 2019

Today has certainly, for me, been exciting. I took Tilly out on our usual morning walk, I was not sure […]

Rain and more Rain

22 December 2019

I can’t believe we are getting towards Christmas, two days away and this month and the year is nearly over. […]

Early December

22 December 2019

Well what a month December has been so far, rain, more rain with odd moments when the weather has been […]

Stour Meadows

28 November 20194 December 2019

I have heard recently that the Otters are back on the Stour in Blandford so I have been down for […]

Visit to RSPB Arne

25 November 20193 December 2019

It was the middle of November and it wasn’t raining so a chance to take a trip out down to […]

Nearly Winter!

24 November 20193 December 2019

I’m still playing catchup with my diary, so much to do! Early November and the weather has deteriorated into more […]

Somerset Levels

23 November 2019

We had a few days away in the Camper van to the Somerset Levels towards the end of October. In […]

At Home

27 October 201910 November 2019

We are starting to get some different birds into the garden now, besides the usual Sparrows and Starlings (who appear […]

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 […]