Catcott

RSPB Ham Wall and Catcott

23 October 2022

I really do have some catching up to do! October has been a bit of a disruptive month firstly we […]

RSPB Ham Wall & Catcott

24 May 2022

After the rain in the morning of Wednesday 11th May Rod and I set out for a couple of days […]

RSPB Ham Wall & Catcott

6 April 2022

We paid another visit to RSPB Ham Wall and Catcott on the 29th March, the weather forecast was that the […]

Trip to Somerset

4 April 2022

On the 22nd March we had a short trip over to Somerset stopping in a number of places, It was […]

Glossy Ibis

13 February 202213 February 2022

I nearly forgot to write about seeing a Glossy Ibis recently and how could I forget! My excuse is being […]

23 January 2022

After lunch on Friday 14th January we headed from Ham Wall to Catcott which is managed by the Somerset Wildlife […]

Ham Wall and Catcott

27 May 202127 May 2021

We (Rod my husband and myself) decided that we were long overdue for a trip away from home and what […]

Somerset Levels

10 September 20196 November 2019

As soon as the schools returned from the summer break we took ourselves off in the Campervan. The main purpose […]

Visit to the Somerset Levels

24 July 201925 July 2019

The weather looked good around the 11th/12th July so we decided to take a trip to Somerset in our Camper […]

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 […]