MarilynJane Photography Diary

Tuesday 4th February

6 February 2014

Sunrise 07.42 Sunset 17.05 GMT The fields were just drying up in the wind yesterday afternoon and of course we […]

Monday 3rd February

3 February 2014

Sunrise 07.43 Sunset 17.04 GMT What can I say about the weather except much of the same, the rain still […]

Tuesday 28th January

29 January 2014

Sunrise 07.51 Sunset 16.53 GMT The weather is still wet! The river is still running high, although not as flooded […]

Tuesday 14th January

16 January 20146 February 2014

Sunrise 08.06 Sunset 16.30 GMT We’ve had some awful wet weather and high winds at times and just when you […]

Friday 10th January

10 January 2014

Sunrise 08.08 Sunset 16.24 GMT At last a lovely morning a light frost, no wind and light cloud with blue […]

Sunday 5th January 2014

5 January 2014

Sunrise 08.10 Sunset 16.18 GMT Into 2014 and nothing changes, the weather continues the same with plenty of rain with […]

Monday 30th December

30 December 2013

Sunrise 08.11 Sunset 16.12 GMT The final few days of 2013 remain changeable, no real sign of a cold winter […]

Thursday 26th December – Boxing Day

26 December 201326 December 2013

Sunrise 08.09 Sunset 16.09 GMT After a wet Christmas night we woke up to a heavy frost. The cars had […]

Christmas Day 2013

25 December 201325 December 2013

Sunrise 8.09 Sunset 16.08 GMT We were up as usual to take the dogs out nice and early, around 7.30am, […]

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 […]