Around Home, Early September
I was beginning to think there was nothing about as it has been very quiet on my morning walks, the small birds have been keeping a low profile but slowly I’m seeing more around the village. I’ve spotted Jays and Magpies squabbling, Buzzards around the hill and I also hear
Duncliffe and Fontmell Down
Still in my mind of the season moving on I decided on 1st September to go out looking for Butterflies early in the morning so I went over to Duncliffe to see what was about. I was really disappointed as I couldn’t find any roosting Butterflies and insects and I
Common Blue Butterflies
A week into August already and on Friday 7th August I decided to take a trip over to Duncliffe in the early morning Around dawn with Tilly. I still had a mind to take some images of roosting Butterflies. There is a wildflower meadow in front of Duncliffe wood and
Okeford Hill
I went up Okeford hill on the 1st August for a change in the morning from walks close to home to look for roosting Butterflies again, particularly blues, last summer there were plenty up there so I hoped I’d have a chance.The large fields on the top of the hill near
Fontmell Down again
I was on a mission on the 29th July, getting up at 5.30am and going up Fontmell Down to see if I could see some roosting Butterflies, hopefully with dew on them. I searched with Tilly, my long suffering companion and I wasn’t having any luck at all. I am
Fontmell Down
Thursday 22nd July and with the likelihood of a warm day I decided to head up to Fontmell Down fairly early to see what Butterflies were about, particularly hoping to see a Chalk Hill Blue. I have never seen one before. The first wildlife I saw was a Kestrel in
Alners Gorse
I had to go to Stalbridge for a hair trim on the 18th July in the late afternoon, my first since February, just before the lockdown. I thought on the way back it was a good chance to do a little detour and have a short walk round Alners Gorse
Girdlers Coppice
On the 3rd of July there was promise of another hot day so I decided to take a trip to Girdlers Coppice at Fiddleford. Girdlers Coppice is managed by Dorset Wildlife Trust consisting of Oak and Hazel woodland and is situated at the bottom of Piddles wood on the Fiddleford