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
Under Hambledon
Into July and a nice morning so I headed for one of my usual haunts, a walk underneath Hambledon Hill. Always enjoyable and I never know what I will see. The flowers are starting to look lovely on the sides of the hill, most stunted with grazing but plenty for
Hambledon Hill
On the 26th June I decided to walk to Hambledon Hill in the morning I wanted to see if there were any Bee Orchids flowering yet, I’d been looking for sometime and was beginning to think I wasn’t going to see them this year after the dry hot spring. The
Hambledon Hill
On Friday 5th June I went on an early walk under Hambledon Hill, we had some rain the day before and it was little cloudy and chilly. I’m hoping that some more Orchids particularly Bee Orchids are showing. On my way around the base of the hill on a narrow
May Wildflowers
Continuing with my images of wildflowers from each month since March, these are the ones I saw in May, again quite a few different flowers from Nettles to Orchids and some that have flowered early because of the fine weather we’ve had. Quite a variation, not all of them by
Alners Gorse
On the 20th May the lockdown had eased slightly, allowing us to go out more than once a day, I had my first trip away from home yesterday to Alner’s Gorse the Butterfly Conservation reserve near Kings Stag. I was hoping that it would be quiet and I was not
Hambledon Hill
On the 5th and 6th of May I walked up Hambledon Hill both days, the weather was just lovely first thing in the morning and I was looking for Hares. As always I never seem to find what I was looking for but there is always something else to catch
Hambledon Hill
Monday 20th April still on lockdown because of the Covid 19 virus. Once again I didn’t intend to walk up Hambledon Hill on my one a day exercise walk. I was just going to take a look round the base where all the scrubby bushes are to see what birds