Hambledon Hill

After the Storm

25 July 2019

24th July I have to admit I didn’t want to get up this morning. All because we were kept awake […]

Wanderings

24 July 2019

I’m still on catch-up with my Diary posts as I usually like to be up to date and what’s happening […]

Fox(es)

16 July 2019

I’m sometimes disappointed that I don’t see any Foxes on my walks early in the morning. I am always watching […]

Misses and Hits!

2 July 2019

It’s been a busy couple of days on my walks and at home, sometimes frustrating and then exciting, for me […]

Whitethroat

19 June 2019

Another week and another dull morning when I woke up again. Where to go for a walk was the first […]

Orchids, Hambledon Hill

12 June 201912 June 2019

On Wednesday 12th June I woke up to another grey day, the only positive was that it wasn’t raining. I […]

Under Hambledon Hill

11 June 2019

A different walk from the one yesterday along the Trailway, this morning,9th June I headed towards Hambledon Hill and one […]

9 June 2019

Everything is springing into life on Hambledon Hill now in early June, if you see the hill from a distance […]

Hambledon and Hod Hill

6 May 20196 May 2019

In the last week I have had a couple of walks up Hambledon Hill, one sunrise and one sunset and […]

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 […]