MarilynJane Photography Diary

Visit to Arne 28th January

28 January 2016

A lovely morning so we took a trip down to RSPB Arne to have a walk to see what was […]

Monday 25th January

26 January 2016

Sunrise 07:54 Sunset 16:50 GMT A lovely morning this morning back to mild weather. The skies soon turned to overcast […]

RSPB Radipole & Lodmoor

26 January 2016

On Tuesday and Wednesday the weather was set fair if a little cold (very cold!), the temperature was around -4C on […]

Deer stalking!

24 January 2016

Last Thursday my friend asked me if I would like to go to a location in North Dorset to see […]

Mid January

24 January 2016

Sunrise 07:57 Sunset 16:46 GMT Sunday 24th January I have some catching up to do with my diary as I […]

Visit to Arne

13 January 201618 March 2019

The weather was sunny on Monday morning so we could not miss the opportunity to get out for a few […]

Visit to Radipole

6 January 2016

We have to take any chance with the weather to get out and about with the camera so on Tuesday […]

Wednesday 6th January

6 January 2016

Sunrise 08:11 Sunset 16:19 GMT I’ve been rather lazy of late and not adding anything to my Diary but I […]

Nocturnal encounters and other things.

13 December 2015

Sunrise 08:07 Sunset 16:04 GMT I have to look at the positives of the darker mornings, no chance for photography […]

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 […]