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
Around Home
On my walks round the village either in the morning or later in the day I always like to have my camera as I never know what I will come across. The one day I didn’t have the camera a Fox came into the lane and stopped for a few
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
Around Fontmell Down
I was woken early with the dawn chorus around 4am on the 30th May early in the morning. There was promise of a lovely day so I decided to go up to Fontmell Down for a change with Tilly to see what was about. On the way I couldn’t resist
Bere Marsh to Hammoon
An early morning walk on 22nd May along the North Dorset Trailway from Bere Marsh Farm, Shillingstone to the Hammoon road and back. It had stopped raining for a while but everywhere was very wet underfoot so I thought I wouldn’t get muddy or wet for a change! I was being