Okeford Hill again
I decided to take another walk on Okeford Hill on Sunday 17th July, I was up nice and early and the sun was shining and hoping to see something interesting, which I did! I headed for the trig point and the long path over to Bonsley and I knew where
Alner’s Gorse
On the 15th July I went met a friend at Stalbridge in the afternoon for a cup of tea and chat and I left around 4 o’clock and as it was only a short detour to the Butterfly Conservation’s reserve at Alner’s Gorse I thought I would spend an hour
Fontmell Down
Another clear morning on July 14th so I went on the other side of the valley from Okeford Hill to Fontmell Down hoping to see some roosting Butterflies. Tilly and I walked along the edge of the hill on the Dorset Wildlife Trust’s reserve, I stayed at the top as
Okeford Hill
I decided it was about time I had an early walk with Tilly up on Okeford Hill to see what was about, so on 13th July I headed up there for an hour. I was pleased to see a Rabbit! I know it sounds daft but there haven’t been so
Martin Down
I went with a friend recently to Martin Down, on the Salisbury road from Blandford, just over the border in Hampshire. We wanted to see if there was much Butterfly action up there. It was fairly quiet when we got there but soon picked up on a few Butterflies, it was
Green Woodpecker
One evening in the week beginning 11th July we were sitting in the living room and we suddenly heard a lot of noise outside our window. When I looked out of the window there were two Green Woodpeckers, a male and a juvenile on the strip of grass in front
Local walks
When I say in the title local walks I mean that I walk from home and not use the car, it could be just a short walk round the perimeter of the village or longer walks over to Bere Marsh toward Hammoon, New Cross or Shillingstone. I consider myself very
Hambledon Hill
My Diary always is last on the list of things to do and it’s been neglected of late so what I thought I would do is write my latest post and hopefully follow up with some earlier posts retrospectively. So on Sunday the 3rd July I walked up Hambledon Hill