Stour Meadows
I have heard recently that the Otters are back on the Stour in Blandford so I have been down for a number walks hoping to see them, once around dawn, but having spent a fair time walking up and down I haven’t been lucky as yet and of course the
Visit to RSPB Arne
It was the middle of November and it wasn’t raining so a chance to take a trip out down to Arne in the morning. We had a pleasant couple of hours looking around although the birds seemed to be keeping a low profiles as were the Sika deer. Apparently many
Violet Helleborine
I had trip out on Wednesday 7th August to try and find a special plant, my niece had mentioned on her Facebook page that she had seen a Violet Helleborine. I do love to see native Orchids and this one is very rare in this country, a few years ago
Girdler’s Coppice
Why is it you tend to travel to lots of places but miss the treasures that are close to home. I am guilty of this, I have never been to Girdler’s Coppice at Fiddleford two miles down the road from home. I have only known of it’s existence for a
Visit to the Somerset Levels
The weather looked good around the 11th/12th July so we decided to take a trip to Somerset in our Camper van before the schools broke up before the end of July and August and also it is not the best time for wildlife watching then. Adult birds are exhausted after
Bluebell season
On Tuesday 9th April I decided I would take a trip up to Okeford Hill to see if the Bluebells were flowering, the ones locally in the Hedgerows are well out but they are sheltered with a more sunny location. We have had a lot of haze across the valley
Misses and Hits!
After the few days of sunny weather it has changed back to something more normal for this time of year, just as the paths were getting nice and dry; I even wore my trainers for my afternoon dog walk one day! After heavy rain, plus Storm Freya we are back
RSPB Radipole
Well after a lovely day at RSPB Arne with my friend, the next day Rod my Husband said he fancied a trip down to RSPB Radipole Lake in Weymouth, always worth a trip to see what is about. I wasn’t going to say no and the weather was sunny if