Orchids – MarilynJane Photography Diary

Duncliffe and Fontmell Down

22 September 2020

Still in my mind of the season moving on I decided on 1st September to go out looking for Butterflies […]

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. […]

Hambledon Hill

8 July 20208 July 2020

On the 26th June I decided to walk to Hambledon Hill in the morning I wanted to see if there […]

Hambledon Hill

1 July 2020

On Friday 5th June I went on an early walk under Hambledon Hill, we had some rain the day before […]

May Wildflowers

11 June 202011 June 2020

Continuing with my images of wildflowers from each month since March, these are the ones I saw in May, again […]

Alners Gorse

6 June 2020

On the 20th May the lockdown had eased slightly, allowing us to go out more than once a day, I […]

Hambledon Hill

14 May 2020

On the 5th and 6th of May I walked up Hambledon Hill both days, the weather was just lovely first […]

Hambledon Hill

27 April 202027 April 2020

Monday 20th April still on lockdown because of the Covid 19 virus. Once again I didn’t intend to walk up […]

Fontmell Down & Martin Down

12 September 201922 September 2019

I have been a little erratic with my blog posts it was all because I managed to get shingles, which […]

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 […]