MarilynJane Photography Diary

Tuesday 24th December – Christmas Eve

24 December 201324 December 2013

Sunrise 08.09 Sunset 16.08 GMT Well we have just been through one of the worst days and nights for a […]

Thursday 19th December

19 December 2013

Sunrise 08.06 Sunset 16.05 GMT Well I’ve been trying to write a post for the past week but one thing […]

Wednesday 12th December

12 December 2013

Sunrise 08.01 Sunset 16.04 Winter has settled in now although we haven’t had too many cold days, in fact it’s […]

Tuesday 26th November

28 November 20135 December 2013

Sunrise 07.42 Sunset 16.09 GMT This must have been the coldest morning we have had this winter. The ground was […]

Thursday 21st November

22 November 20135 December 2013

Sunrise 7.34 Sunset 16.14 Autumn has really set in now with frost at nights and cold winds during the day. […]

Wednesday 13th November

14 November 2013

Sunrise 07.21 Sunset 16.24 GMT A hard frost, the first real frost of the season, plenty of car windscreen scraping […]

Sunday 10th November

11 November 2013

Sunrise 07.18 Sunset 16.27 GMT The weather has continued changeable and quite wet. The Stour has been running high all […]

Tuesday 5th November

5 November 2013

Sunrise 07.07 Sunset 16.36 GMT Another damp blustery day, the river is running high once again. The cows are in […]

Sunday 3rd November

3 November 2013

Sunrise 07.04 Sunset 16.39 GMT A mixed bag this morning, a blustery day with storms about so the light and […]

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 […]