Otters – Page 3 – MarilynJane Photography Diary

Monday 1st September

1 September 20141 September 2014

Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 19:56 BST We appear to be slipping into autumn already. Last week was wet and cold to […]

Friday 18th July

22 July 2014

Sunrise 05.14 Sunset 21 16 BST The hot weather is continuing with a thunderstorm last night and more forecast for […]

Sunday 18th May

18 May 2014

Sunrise 05.16 Sunset 20.56 BST What a week, the weather has improved and we have had a couple of really […]

Wednesday 23rd April

23 April 201424 April 2014

Sunrise 05.59 Sunset 20.17 BST A pleasant morning for our first walk of the day, but it turned to heavy […]

Monday 24th March

24 March 20146 April 2014

Sunrise 06.04 Sunset 16.28 GMT Just when you think spring is hear nature knocks you back. We were told by […]

Saturday 24th February

26 February 2014

Sunrise 07.08 Sunset 17.37 GMT A dryer day at last but still dull first thing, with sunshine later but it […]

Tuesday 4th February

6 February 2014

Sunrise 07.42 Sunset 17.05 GMT The fields were just drying up in the wind yesterday afternoon and of course we […]

Sunday 22nd September

23 September 201323 September 2013

Sunrise 06.55 Sunset 19.07 The weather has turned quite warm with temperatures up in the late teens. I’ve decided it’s […]

Wednesday 11th September

11 September 2013

Sunrise 06.38 Sunset 19.31 Cloudy day and welcome rain by the evening. Well the nature watching started at 4am this […]

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 […]