Arne

Bird Watching weekend 1. Arne and Slepe Heath

12 August 2022

On Thursday 21st July niece Elaine, a keen birdwatcher came for a visit, mainly because we had booked a Nightjar […]

RSPB Arne

25 April 2022

On Good Friday, 15th April Rod’s niece came to visit and we went down to RSPB Arne to see what […]

RSPB Arne

10 January 202211 January 2022

When the holidays were over we decided to take a trip down the Arne, we had heard that there had […]

Poole Harbour

19 November 202121 November 2021

We’ve had a couple of trips out recently heading towards Poole harbour. The first was a visit to Arne hoping […]

RSPB Arne

7 October 20218 October 2021

Towards the end of September I went for a wander down to RSPB Arne to see what was about and […]

Martin Down & other places Part 1

30 June 20218 July 2021

The weekend from Friday 11th June promised to be a hot one and it certainly turned out to be that […]

Early morning at RSPB Arne

7 November 2020

On 18th October a friend asked me if I would like to visit Arne early in the morning, she was […]

Visit to RSPB Arne

25 November 20193 December 2019

It was the middle of November and it wasn’t raining so a chance to take a trip out down to […]

10 August 20191 September 2019

I had to take some photographs down to Wareham for the Dorset Arts and Crafts exhibition on 29th July it […]

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 […]