Morning walk

River Stour & Night sky

10 April 202010 April 2020

After all the rain and grey weather of the winter we are now into a spell of good weather, just […]

Hambledon Hill – one a day start

31 March 20208 April 2020

The 24th March and the reality of the Covid 19 virus has really started to affect our lives, we are […]

Middle of March

30 March 20208 April 2020

The middle of March and a nice day and I took the camera with me when we went out with […]

Trailway walk

29 March 20208 April 2020

A walk across to the Trailway on 23rd March, the paths are beginning to dry at last. It was a […]

Hambledon Hill

29 March 20201 April 2020

On the 16th March the weather was improving and the spectre of Covid-19 was becoming even more of a reality, […]

29 March 202031 March 2020

Saturday March 14th and a morning walk along the North Dorset Trailway and up towards New Cross. It’s still a […]

Shepherding

25 March 202031 March 2020

Our morning walk up Melway’s Lane was cut short on 9th March as the lane was blocked, I soon realised why […]

Along the Trailway

20 March 2020

More rain again but Sunday 8th March turned out sunny in the morning. I decided to walk along the North […]

Shillingstone to Hammoon

14 March 2020

On Sunday 1st March when I went out for a walk with Tilly the sun was coming up and 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 […]