Fallow Deer

Around Fontmell and Melbury Downs

2 December 2021

On Thursday 25th November there were beautiful clear skies, although a bitterly cold wind. I decided to go for a […]

The New Forest

21 November 2021

The weather forecast for Thursday 11th November looked promising so Rod and I decided we would head for the New […]

Hares and other animals

20 September 2021

In the first week of September I decided to head for my favourite Hare haunts, hoping that the crops had […]

2 May 2021

It appeared to be a nice morning around dawn on Thursday 22nd April so I decided I would go and […]

The New Forest

20 October 20196 November 2019

In the middle of October we decided to have a trip out and head towards the New Forest, we hadn’t […]

Deer Stalking.

30 March 201816 April 2018

I was busy in the garden on Sunday and when my friend Judy phoned asking me if I would like […]

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 […]