MarilynJane Photography Diary

Wednesday 30th October

30 October 2013

Sunrise 06.57 Sunset 16.46 GMT Well we survived the storms relatively unscathed except for some roofing felt sandpapering the roof […]

Sunday 27th October

27 October 201327 October 2013

Sunrise 06.52 Sunset 16.52 GMT Autumn is here with vengeance rain and blustery winds and warnings of damaging gales and […]

Monday 21st October

21 October 201327 October 2013

Sunrise 07.42 Sunset 18.04 Autumn has come to our part of the world. Today it’s been very wet with gales, […]

Monday 14th October

14 October 2013

Sunrise 07.30 Sunset 18.18 The weather has now turned changeable with rain around, it’s looking like autumn! Its now two […]

Sunday 29th September

29 September 2013

Sunrise 07.06 Sunset 18.51 A really mixed week with very warm sunshine (for September) at times and foggy in the […]

Sunday 22nd September

23 September 201323 September 2013

Sunrise 06.55 Sunset 19.07 The weather has turned quite warm with temperatures up in the late teens. I’ve decided it’s […]

Tuesday 17th September

17 September 201321 September 2013

Sunrise 06.47 Sunset 19.18 Wet and windy just about sums up the weather at the moment! The forecast is looking […]

Sunday 15th September

15 September 201315 September 2013

Sunrise 06.44 Sunset 19.22 A lovely morning and I soon found out how chilly it was, I noticed my outside […]

Wednesday 11th September

11 September 2013

Sunrise 06.38 Sunset 19.31 Cloudy day and welcome rain by the evening. Well the nature watching started at 4am this […]

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 […]