Flowers – MarilynJane Photography Diary

Okeford Hill

26 July 2022

I decided it was about time I had an early walk with Tilly up on Okeford Hill to see what […]

Edge of Cranborne Chase

24 May 2022

On Sunday the 8th May I decided to head for Iwerne hill and the edge of the Cranborne chase with […]

Fontmell Down

10 July 202110 July 2021

On the 16th June I went up to Fontmell Down in the morning, it promised to be a hot day […]

1st May

3 May 2021

Saturday 1st May and still we are getting cold weather, it was a hard frost as usual but this time […]

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 […]

July Wildflowers

13 August 2020

I wasn’t sure how many ‘new’ wildflowers I would see this month, many of the ones I have recorded in […]

Hambledon hill

11 August 202013 August 2020

Heading towards the end of July already, I can’t believe it, we had heavy rain yesterday this has been welcome […]

Fontmell Down

10 August 2020

Thursday 22nd July and with the likelihood of a warm day I decided to head up to Fontmell Down fairly […]

Under Hambledon

29 July 2020

Into July and a nice morning so I headed for one of my usual haunts, a walk underneath Hambledon Hill. […]

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 […]