Ballard Down and Old Harry
I went for a walk with my old school friend yesterday down to the Purbecks. We had a lovely circular walk from Studland up to Ballard down and along to Old Harry Rocks and back to Studland. It was a little gloomy and breezy but it was still a lovely
Starlings at Ham Wall
On one of our recent trips to the Somerset Levels, in particular RSPB Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath we stayed a little later into the early evening, our campsite was only a short drive away so we were more inclined to stay. We were so lucky to see Starlings murmurating,
Around Home
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:13 BST When I go out for my early morning walk now it’s just becoming light, if it’s a little cloudy I find it quite difficult to get down the first part of the lane. It’s a good job I know it so well. This morning as
More Ospreys at Arne
The weather was good in the middle of the week and Rod, my husband packed me off to Arne again! He said that the Ospreys wouldn’t be about too long and the weather forecast was deteriorating towards the weekend. I walked to the Raptor hide again and there was a
A visit to Arne
I always wondered what use Twitter was and never quite got what it was all about but I now find it is one of my favourite apps. I have discovered that I can access real time information on all sorts of things and especially what’s happening at the various nature
Friday 24th June
We had a trip down to Weymouth hoping to get up close to a Marsh Harrier, there was meant to be a male and female and a couple of young on Radipole. We saw a male and female but unfortunately they didn’t come too close, we sat in the North
Tuesday 21st June
At last a promise of a nice day. A good excuse for a trip down to RSPB Arne for a wander to see what we could see. There were a few Swifts above as we went along the edge of the cliffs a Shipstal Beach and a number of Little
Thursday 19th May
On the 19th May we took a trip down to Arne, the weather was fair so we enjoyed a good walk around the RSPB reserve. The Sika deer were about and the Stags are just beginning to grow their antlers, it looks like they have a pair of rubber gloves