Alner’s Gorse

27 July 202227 July 2022

On the 15th July I went met a friend at Stalbridge in the afternoon for a cup of tea and […]

Alner’s Gorse

27 May 2022

The weather has been a little changeable during early May with some rain and slightly breezy at times but on […]

Alner’s Gorse

18 August 2021

I had a recent visit to the Butterfly Conservations, Alner’s Gorse site with a friend in early August, we had […]

Alners Gorse

10 August 202010 August 2020

I had to go to Stalbridge for a hair trim on the 18th July in the late afternoon, my first […]

Alner’s Gorse

7 July 2020

Another trip to Alner’s Gorse on 25th June when I was hoping to spot the first of the Silver Washed […]

Alner’s Gorse

6 July 2020

I went to Alner’s Gorse early with a couple of friends on 16th June, getting there at 8.30 as it […]

Alner’s Gorse revisited

19 June 2020

My friend Judy wanted to visit Alner’s Gorse to hopefully see the Marsh Fritillaries so on 2nd June we travelled […]

Alners Gorse

6 June 2020

On the 20th May the lockdown had eased slightly, allowing us to go out more than once a day, I […]

Alner’s Gorse

4 July 20195 July 2019

From Saturday 22nd June the weather was starting to warm up so on the Monday I decided to take a […]

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 […]