MarilynJane Photography Diary

Avalon Marshes Gallery

21 May 2019

Gallery of some of the images taken on our visit to the Somerset Levels from the 15th-17th May. Four Spot […]

Okeford Hill

19 May 2019

Another lovely morning on Sunday 12th May but still chilly with a touch of frost in sheltered places, I ventured […]

Hambledon and Hod Hill

6 May 20196 May 2019

In the last week I have had a couple of walks up Hambledon Hill, one sunrise and one sunset and […]

Nesting time

28 April 2019

A bit of armchair nature watching this week. We noticed Blue Tits gathering hair from our dog Tilly off the […]

Okeford Hill

19 April 201926 April 2019

I thought I would take a walk on Okeford Hill to see if the Bluebells were well out. It was […]

Exciting sightings!

15 April 201915 April 2019

Sunday morning and a walk round Melways Lane and back to the village, best then as the short section of […]

More Hedgehogs

14 April 201914 April 2019

We appear to be getting more Hedgehogs visiting our garden, they must have heard about the extra food! There were […]

Bluebell season

14 April 2019

On Tuesday 9th April I decided I would take a trip up to Okeford Hill to see if the Bluebells […]

Village Lanes

12 April 201915 April 2019

We have some lovely green lanes round the village besides many well looked after footpaths so I can always find […]

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 […]