MarilynJane Photography Diary

Fungi season

7 November 2021

I wanted to get out and see if I could see some fungi before the season was over, now we’ve […]

Down the Lane

20 October 2021

I thought at the beginning of October I would not see many little creatures down the lane as they would […]

RSPB Arne

7 October 20218 October 2021

Towards the end of September I went for a wander down to RSPB Arne to see what was about and […]

Hambledon Hill

6 October 20216 October 2021

We have had some nice weather during September and it’s been good to be out and about early in the […]

Spiders and other things!

4 October 202120 October 2021

Even though many of the insects disappeared in September there was still wildlife to see down our lane and this […]

Hedgehogs and other “family”

24 September 2021

Even the garden birds are quiet at the moment, in the morning the Starlings, Blackbirds, Dunnocks and House Sparrows come […]

RSPB Ham Wall

23 September 2021

I took a trip to RSPB Ham Wall on Wednesday 15th September. A friend wanted to meet and what a […]

Hares and other animals

20 September 2021

In the first week of September I decided to head for my favourite Hare haunts, hoping that the crops had […]

Woodland Wildlife Hide

18 September 2021

On the last day of August I spent a fantastic day at Dean Mason’s Windows on Wildlife Woodland Wildlife hide […]

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 […]