Winter is here
The 1st of December and the first day of the meteorological winter and it certainly came in very cold, temperatures outside our house got down to -4C and we woke up to a beautiful hoar frost if a little foggy. I decided to go for a walk round the village with
Visit to RSPB Radipole
We spent a couple of hours at the RSPB Radipole reserve at Weymouth this week We were hoping to see Bearded Tits but as usual nature is not accommodating. It was very cold but there was still plenty to see, mainly species of Duck also Herons and Cormorants besides others
29th November
Sunrise 07:49 Sunset 16:06 GMT A cold frosty morning and as usual Kim and myself are out for our early morning walk. A brief glimpse of the Barn Owl just as it’s getting light at Bere Marsh and then up the trailway this morning to the Hammppn road where I
Fungi foray
I thought I’d take a trip up to Ringmoor, just off of Okeford Hill near Turnworth. The land belongs to the National Trust and is part grassland but there is some old native woodland including Oaks, Hazel and Beech, plus others where I’ve seen fungi in past years. To look
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