Around Fontmell and Melbury Downs
On Thursday 25th November there were beautiful clear skies, although a bitterly cold wind. I decided to go for a little outing, not too far but just towards Fontmell Down hoping to see some bird life. As I went up Sutton Hill I spotted a few Redwings and Fieldfares in
Okeford Hill
On Sunday 14th November I met up with a few friends from our camera club to go and take some pictures of the autumn colours up on Okeford Hill. We headed over to Bonsley woods and as we did I noticed plenty of bird activity in the fields between the
Around Home
It’s been relatively quiet at or around home lately. I’ve been putting food out for the birds but the visitors to the feeders have been mainly Sparrows, Starlings, a few Blackbirds and Robins I hope it’s because there is plenty of food elsewhere and when it get colder we will
The New Forest
The weather forecast for Thursday 11th November looked promising so Rod and I decided we would head for the New Forest for a few hours. Of course the morning turned out differently than expected, it was foggy on our journey only clearing to dull grey skies as we got to
Stour Meadows
Rod, my husband, wanted something from Screwfix in Blandford and I offered go and collect the order. My thinking was that I could go into town and walk along the Stour Meadows for a half and hour or so with my camera to see what was about. I haven’t walked
Poole Harbour
We’ve had a couple of trips out recently heading towards Poole harbour. The first was a visit to Arne hoping to see the White Tailed Eagle that had been active around the harbour for over a week. It was not to be but we had a walk around Coombe Heath
Fungi season
I wanted to get out and see if I could see some fungi before the season was over, now we’ve had some wet weather and a bit of warmth there would be a possibility of some about. On Sunday 24th October I headed up the NT Ringmoor near Okeford Hill.