Tawny Owl – MarilynJane Photography Diary

Bere Marsh and Home

21 August 2021

Some of the days of late I’ve been going out in the morning with Tilly and feeling a little disappointed, […]

Around Home

16 November 202016 November 2020

It’s been fairly quiet this month although it doesn’t help with the late dawn, I’m nearly home by the time […]

Last burst of Summer!

20 October 2020

This diary entry is for the first half of October, I haven’t had much time to keep up with my […]

Late December – Last of the Year

31 December 20181 January 2019

Sunrise 08:12 Sunset16:11 The last day of the year, where has it gone! It’s been a busy one and I’ve […]

Into winter

7 December 2018

We suddenly seem to be into winter, the leaves have all gone and the days are shortening, the weather is […]

Close encounters

21 November 2018

It’s getting colder and wetter and the leaves on the trees are more or less gone, the river Stour has […]

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 […]

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 […]