Stour Meadows, Blandford
On the 15th April I met friend Ange early in the morning and headed for Blandford. We wanted to walk the river bank in a hope of seeing something interesting. It wasn’t too busy but we did have some interesting views of a few birds. I noticed something on a
Bere Marsh
The 1st of August (already!) and the weather has been very wet at times through the end of July and seems to be continuing, some of the paths I walk on are getting quite muddy. The day before I had decided to head round the bottom of Hambledon Hill and
Netmead Dawn
I decided to have another wander round Netmead field on 22nd March, but this time on my early morning walk to see what was about at that time, just around dawn. It was a lovely bright morning if a little cold and as soon as I got into the field
Around Home
It’s been fairly quiet this month although it doesn’t help with the late dawn, I’m nearly home by the time the world has come alive although I do hear a number of Tawny Owls through the village as soon as it gets to a certain time they just stop. Our
Stour Meadows
On the 23rd July we had to go into Blandford to pick up something in the town so we decided a walk along the river in the Stour meadows might be nice. It has been such a long time since we had done this with the lockdown so it made
Fledglings
The middle of June already and rain in the morning as I walked over to Bere Marsh, it was fairly quiet, I think the wildlife was keeping undercover, that is until I got back to the footbridge across the Stour to Child Okeford. Lots of action in the Willow tree,