MarilynJane Photography Diary

Friday 18th July

22 July 2014

Sunrise 05.14 Sunset 21 16 BST The hot weather is continuing with a thunderstorm last night and more forecast for […]

Monday 14th July

14 July 2014

Sunrise 05.17 Sunset 21.14 BST The weather is still hot but this evening when I took the dogs out it […]

Wednesday 9th July

13 July 201413 July 2014

Sunrise 05.06 Sunset 21.23 BST The weather is pleasant and we have had some rain at the weekend but we […]

Thursday 26th June

2 July 2014

Sunrise O4.56 Sunset 21.27 BST I was on my usual morning walk thinking how quiet it was when I spotted […]

Sunday 22nd June

27 June 201427 June 2014

Sunrise 04.55 Sunset 21.27 BST Another fine morning and fairly quiet out with the dogs in the morning. That is […]

Saturday 21st June

27 June 201427 June 2014

Sunrise 04.55 Sunset 21.27 BST Today is the ‘longest day’ and the weather has been really warm and dry for […]

Saturday 7th June

21 June 201421 June 2014

Sunrise 04.57 Sunset 21.19 BST The promise of thunderstorms today never materialised in our part of the world, it was […]

Friday 6th June – evening

7 June 2014

Two posts in one day and for very good reason! We decided to take the dogs out later and go […]

Friday 6th June

6 June 2014

Sunrise 04.58 Sunset 21.18 BST The weather has been very wet and the Stour has been over it’s banks 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 […]