Flowers, Early May
I enjoy it when all the spring flowers start to come out, every day there is something new to see and suddenly everything starts to look colourful. I do love the Cow Parsley lining all the roads with it’s airy foliage and flowers. The one above has a male Orange
Visit to Somerset
In late April the weather suddenly changed from winter to spring and everything started to grow. We decided to take a trip to Somerset for a few days. It ended up very warm but we still managed to see quite a lot as we enjoyed our break. We stayed at
Deer Stalking.
I was busy in the garden on Sunday and when my friend Judy phoned asking me if I would like to go Deer stalking. It was one of those rare sunny afternoons that we had in short supply this winter. I couldn’t say no as she was going to a
To the coast
The weather hasn’t been to good from the beginning of January so when it looked promising we decided to take a trip to Portland and Weymouth for the day. I was hoping to see the Short Eared Owls on Portland but unfortunately when we got there it was very windy
Visit to Arne
We hadn’t visited Arne for a while so with the promise of a nice day we decided to take a trip to see what was about. As always we had no expectations it’s always a lovely walk over the heath and along Shipstal overlooking Poole Harbour. There were certainly plenty
Studio night
We had a Studio night at Blandford Camera Club at the end of November with Pete Whieldon photography who brought along a menagerie of Raptors, Frogs and mice for us to photograph. Not quite nature watching but it was great to see these animals at close hand and learn a
Marsh Harriers
On the same day as we went on the Wildlife in Somerset tour we stopped off at RSPB Ham Wall as it was still quite early. We walked to the Avalon hide which was very quiet a few water birds in front of the hide like Gadwall, Widgeon, Coots etc.
Wildlife in Somerset
Towards the end of November I took a trip to Somerset with a friend to go on a tour with Stephen of Wildlife in Somerset. The tour which was at sunrise took us onto the moor near Stoke St Gregory. It was a very grey morning although dry and unfortunately we