Netmead May into June
A very interesting week from Monday 30th May! My first encounter was on my early morning just down to our local fields. I was walking in the field near the river Stour loving the blanket of yellow of the Buttercups when I spotted a Roe buck in the field, all
RSPB Ham Wall & Catcott
After the rain in the morning of Wednesday 11th May Rod and I set out for a couple of days in the camper van. The first time we had been away since the COVID restrictions. As we headed for Somerset the weather started to clear, it stayed dry if little
Edge of Cranborne Chase
On Sunday the 8th May I decided to head for Iwerne hill and the edge of the Cranborne chase with Tilly for a wander to see if there was anything interesting about. Being a Sunday the roads were quiet so it was a good time to go. There were quite
Around Home
It’s been a while since I posted on here, one reason we have been decorating, a major revamp of my ‘workroom’ upstairs removing a large built in cupboard and laying a new floor with all that ensues and then we both went down with a horrible bug and we have
Stour Meadows, Blandford
On the 15th April I met friend Ange early in the morning and headed for Blandford. We wanted to walk the river bank in a hope of seeing something interesting. It wasn’t too busy but we did have some interesting views of a few birds. I noticed something on a
Okeford Hill
On Saturday 2nd April I decided to take Tilly up Okeford Hill, a very cold frosty morning around -2°C but a lovely dawn if a little hazy over the Blackmore Vale, so not much good for any landscape images. I walked around the large field that goes down to Bonsley
RSPB Ham Wall & Catcott
We paid another visit to RSPB Ham Wall and Catcott on the 29th March, the weather forecast was that the gloomy early morning would turn into a brighter day but it didn’t happen, it was gloomy for most of the time we were there but it didn’t matter. I had