Hares

29 August 2022

Most of the crops have now been gathered in towards the middle of August and I’ve been hoping I might […]

Local walks

19 July 2022

When I say in the title local walks I mean that I walk from home and not use the car, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hares and Red Kites

3 April 2022

I decided to head up onto the Cranborne Chase early on Sunday 20th March hopefully to see Hares and perhaps […]

Hares again!

13 March 2022

A friend asked me if I would show her some Hares recently, as she doesn’t see them where she lives, […]

Hare spotting

7 March 2022

As it was heading towards March I thought it was about time I went looking for Hares in my usual […]

Cranborne Chase

12 January 2022

Another trip out on Friday 7th January, we decided not to go to far as the weather wasn’t that special […]

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 […]

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 […]