MarilynJane Photography Diary

Wednesday 4th February

4 February 2015

Sunrise 07:42 Sunset 17:05 GMT Just when we think it can’t get colder it gets even colder! We are really […]

Friday 30th January

30 January 2015

Sunrise 07:49 Sunset 16:57 GMT The cold weather continues with a mixture of rain and sleet here in Dorset with […]

Friday 23rd January – Late morning

25 January 2015

it was such a lovely day I went out for a drive around to see if I could see anything. […]

Friday 23rd January – Before dawn

24 January 201525 January 2015

Sunrise 07:57 Sunset 16:46 GMT A very cold week with a mixture of sunny days and rain. yesterday we had […]

Tuesday 20th January

20 January 201520 January 2015

Sunrise 08:02 Sunset 16:40 GMT The cold snap continues, we even had a flurry of snow this morning in Dorset! […]

Sunday January 18th

18 January 2015

Sunrise 08:04 Sunset 16:36 GMT At last we have finished our daily trips to Poole and although we will miss […]

Thursday 8th January

8 January 2015

Sunrise 08:10 Sunset 16:22 GMT We woke up to torrential rain this morning, it had been raining for most of […]

Monday 5th January

5 January 20155 January 2015

Sunrise 08:12 Sunset 16:18 GMT A new week and another trip to Poole hospital for Rod’s treatment, after today we […]

Friday 2nd January – Late afternoon

2 January 2015

We got back home fairly early from our hospital visit and we needed to get some diesel for our truck […]

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 […]