Hambledon Hill

4 July 2022

My Diary always is last on the list of things to do and it’s been neglected of late so what […]

Late November roundup – Near home

12 December 2021

The end of November has been fairly quiet for wildlife close to home. One reason is probably that I’m out […]

Hambledon Hill

6 October 20216 October 2021

We have had some nice weather during September and it’s been good to be out and about early in the […]

Under Hambledon

28 April 2021

I always like to vary my early morning walks and I am so lucky that the village where I live […]

Under Hambledon

7 April 2021

On Friday 2nd April it was a fairly good morning so I decided to head towards Hambledon Hill going around […]

Skylarks

4 March 2021

I’d spent the morning working in my garden on 1st March, it was such a lovely day I decided that […]

Hambledon hill and home

27 January 2021

On Sunday 24th January I walked up Hambledon hill before dawn. We had a light dusting at home and I […]

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 […]

Hambledon Hill

21 August 202021 August 2020

I hadn’t been up Hambledon Hill for a few days so on 12th August it looked like a good idea […]

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 […]