Barn Owl

11 June 2019

This morning’s walk was one of those extra special mornings. I didn’t really want to get out of bed early […]

Along the Trailway

9 June 2019

We haven’t had much rain for quite a while and at last Friday into Saturday 8th June we had a […]

Around Home

29 May 2019

I decided I would take my new Olympus camera out with me for my morning walk, I’m too late for […]

Wildlife sightings

23 January 2019

Sunrise 07:58 Sunset 16:44 The weather has turned decidedly colder, at least the days are starting to lengthen if only […]

Autumn Mists

26 September 20185 October 2018

It’s the last week of September already and after a really wet weekend the weather has changed to cold nights […]

Barn Owl sighting

6 August 201824 September 2018

On Saturday morning the 28th July I walked down to Bere Marsh and the Trailway with Tilly early in the […]

Wildlife!

16 March 2018

It’s getting to the time of year when the wildlife is getting more active and there are certainly plenty of […]

Studio night

5 December 2017

We had a Studio night at Blandford Camera Club at the end of November with Pete Whieldon photography who brought […]

Barn Owls

20 July 2017

Last weekend I was invited by a friend to see if we could see Barn Owls. I wasn’t going to […]

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 […]