Out & About – Page 5 – MarilynJane Photography Diary

Ballard Down and Old Harry

19 October 201618 March 2019

I went for a walk with my old school friend yesterday down to the Purbecks. We had a lovely circular […]

Starlings at Ham Wall

6 October 201625 October 2016

On one of our recent trips to the Somerset Levels, in particular RSPB Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath we stayed […]

Around Home

19 September 2016

Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:13 BST When I go out for my early morning walk now it’s just becoming light, if […]

More Ospreys at Arne

1 September 20161 May 2017

The weather was good in the middle of the week and Rod, my husband packed me off to Arne again! […]

A visit to Arne

30 August 20161 May 2017

I always wondered what use Twitter was and never quite got what it was all about but I now find […]

Friday 24th June

28 June 20161 July 2017

We had a trip down to Weymouth hoping to get up close to a Marsh Harrier, there was meant to […]

Tuesday 21st June

23 June 2016

At last a promise of a nice day. A good excuse for a trip down to RSPB Arne for a […]

Thursday 19th May

8 June 20163 July 2016

On the 19th May we took a trip down to Arne, the weather was fair so we enjoyed a good […]

Friday 13th May

8 June 2016

I really am behind with my posts, a busy time of year but I’m catching up now…I hope! I took […]

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 […]