Netmead May into June
A very interesting week from Monday 30th May! My first encounter was on my early morning just down to our local fields. I was walking in the field near the river Stour loving the blanket of yellow of the Buttercups when I spotted a Roe buck in the field, all
Netmead walk
It’s been very quiet of late the weather hasn’t been good and what birds there are have been keeping a low profile and there has not been too much to inspire me with my photography! But this particular morning things changed. So on Wednesday 9th March I went one of my
Okeford Hill
After storm Eunice went through on Friday 18th February it was clear skies the next morning. I decided to go up to Okeford Hill for my early morning walk, I knew the paths round the village would be pretty wet again so I hoped it would be easier walking on the
Bere Marsh
On Sunday 9th January it was dry and cloudy, well what I could see of it when I went out in the dark. I drove to the Trailway carpark in Shillingstone, I wasn’t being lazy as the river was nearly in flood and I probably couldn’t have made it across
Last Day of 2021 – Netmead
I thought my Ham Wall trip on Boxing Day would be my last post of 2021, the weather still wasn’t good after, but the last day of December cleared for a little while so I decided to go for a local walk, just for an hour to see what was
More at Home
Nearly the end of the year and I think it’s been a good one as far as I’m concerned with all the wildlife, from tiny insects to mammals I’ve seen both home and away. I’m hoping 2022 will continue the same, it will be exciting to discover new creatures, the
Early December at Home
At last a few birds are coming back to our garden, which we are really pleased about. We regularly see a couple of Pied Wagtails, sometimes fighting, two males perhaps? Blue Tits coming into feed and Wrens both front and back hunting in the undergrowth for spiders and insects and