Birds – Page 14 – MarilynJane Photography Diary

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16 November 202016 November 2020

It’s been fairly quiet this month although it doesn’t help with the late dawn, I’m nearly home by the time […]

Mere Down Falconry

22 October 202022 October 2020

On Saturday 10th October I was invited by a friend to go with members of Shaftesbury Camera Club to Mere […]

Last burst of Summer!

20 October 2020

This diary entry is for the first half of October, I haven’t had much time to keep up with my […]

Hambledon Hill

21 August 202021 August 2020

I hadn’t been up Hambledon Hill for a few days so on 12th August it looked like a good idea […]

Okeford Hill

14 August 2020

I went up Okeford hill on the 1st August for a change in the morning from walks close to home to […]

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 […]

Stour Meadows

11 August 2020

On the 23rd July we had to go into Blandford to pick up something in the town so we decided […]

Blackbird

5 August 20205 August 2020

I came home from my walk one morning and just sitting down in the conservatory when I noticed a juvenile […]

Hambledon Hill

3 August 2020

A bit of a mixture the morning of 12th July, I noticed the mist forming when I got up and […]

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 […]