More small life
Before the autumn sets in and the insect life is no longer around in numbers I have been out practicing my Macro photography skills. It has been harder to find insects roosting as I go on my morning walks, they hide well so you have to focus on the sides
Enjoying Insects
August always seems to be a quiet time of the year on the wildlife front; although I did have some exciting Hare encounters earlier in the month. The birds are still very quiet when I go out for my early morning walks except for the noisy Rooks in the harvested
Hambledon Hill
I hadn’t been up Hambledon Hill for a few days so on 12th August it looked like a good idea to get up there. A pleasant enough morning and I headed up there just after dawn. A light mist towards Spread Eagle Hill and Shaftesbury and a lovely light looks
Common Blue Butterflies
A week into August already and on Friday 7th August I decided to take a trip over to Duncliffe in the early morning Around dawn with Tilly. I still had a mind to take some images of roosting Butterflies. There is a wildflower meadow in front of Duncliffe wood and
Okeford Hill
I went up Okeford hill on the 1st August for a change in the morning from walks close to home to look for roosting Butterflies again, particularly blues, last summer there were plenty up there so I hoped I’d have a chance.The large fields on the top of the hill near
July Wildflowers
I wasn’t sure how many ‘new’ wildflowers I would see this month, many of the ones I have recorded in my previous posts for the last few months are still flowering and I wanted to have the new ones I spotted. July didn’t let me down and I have seen
Exciting sightings!
Towards the end of July already, another month disappeared in this unusual year! July has been an interesting month, plenty to see and lots of good sightings. I have usually got my camera handy even if we are just taking our girls, Tilly and Mia down the lane close to