Barn Owl

Bere Marsh Owl

3 March 2021

After a couple of days of foggy mornings on the 28th February I looked out of the window before dawn […]

Winter Chill

15 February 2021

This week has been very chilly, a bit of an understatement really as we have had temperatures well below freezing […]

After the snow

27 January 202127 January 2021

On Monday 25th January, the day after the snow there was a hard frost, the snow around home had more […]

20 January 2021

I’ve been very lucky recently to see the Barn Owl(s) down at Bere Marsh regularly, if I go down that […]

Trailway

4 January 2021

These days I seem to be out for my morning walk well before the sun rises I don’t mind as […]

Barn Owls

6 December 20208 December 2021

In the last few days I have spotted three Barn Owls early in the morning and all in different places. […]

Out and about near home

18 November 202018 November 2020

Well an exciting day on the 10th November, I decided to take a walk across the River Stour from home. […]

Mere Down Falconry

22 October 202022 October 2020

On Saturday 10th October I was invited by a friend to go with members of Shaftesbury Camera Club to Mere […]

Bere Marsh

31 July 202031 December 2022

A few images of the Barn Owl hunting in the early morning, I believe they have some Owlets in the […]

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 […]