2022 – MarilynJane Photography Diary

Sunnyside Winter Wader Ringing Demo

28 December 2022

A little while ago my friend and I booked for a Winter Wader Ringing demo with Birds of Poole Harbour […]

Around Home – December

26 December 202212 October 2024

As always I’m trying to catch up once again! Even though I’ve been only going out on my dog walks […]

Avalon Marshes 1 – Starlings Lift-off

28 November 202228 November 2022

On Saturday 12th November I had a text message from Elaine, Rod my husband’s niece telling me she had been […]

Avalon Marshes 2 – RSPB Ham Wall

28 November 202229 November 2022

After making the effort for the early morning start it was not a good idea to just go home, although […]

Avalon Marshes 3 – Shapwick Heath

28 November 202228 November 2022

Across the road to Shapwick Heath and we headed up the old railway track, Elaine had said there was talk […]

Day at Windows on Wildlife hide

19 November 2022

I had a great day out on Wednesday 26th October with friend Ange at Dean Mason‘s woodland hide. We had […]

Win Green

17 November 202223 November 2022

The middle of October and it was a bright sunny day, so Rod and I took a short ride up […]

Fungi at Ringmoor

17 November 202220 November 2022

I wanted to get out and photograph some fungi before they disappeared, I had been unwell with Covid and it […]

Constructing a Wildlife pond

9 November 2022

Our garden was looking very sad over the summer what with not being able to work on it during the […]

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 […]