Wanderings
MJane July 24, 2019 Afternoon walk,Flowers,Hambledon Hill,Hares,Morning walk
I’m still on catch-up with my Diary posts as I usually like to be up to date and what’s happening that day, but time has been short. So here is a few sightings of various flora and fauna from the start of July from different walks some down towards the
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Insects
MJane July 24, 2019 Afternoon walk,Insects
I always enjoy the insect life during the summer months. I can just walk out the door and into the lane and there is so much to see. The only ones I don’t enjoy are the Horseflies who like to take a nibble you don’t feel them until they have
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Butterflies
MJane July 20, 2019 Butterflies,Home,Morning walk
The Butterflies around home have been quite sparse this year, I have the flowers but only a few visitors. The only butterfly I have seen in numbers is the Meadow Brown, they have been everywhere and as you walk so many fly up in front of you! But as always
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Fox(es)
MJane July 16, 2019 Hambledon Hill,Home,Morning walk
I’m sometimes disappointed that I don’t see any Foxes on my walks early in the morning. I am always watching but no luck but one morning early in July I spotted one in a field near Hambledon Hill. He didn’t see us as we were looking over a yard, he
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Deer
MJane July 5, 2019 Morning walk,Okeford Hill,Sika Deer
On Saturday 29th June I went up to Okeford Hill with Tilly for my early morning walk. We are in the middle of some very hot days and I made sure we had the walk before it got too warm. I was a little disappointed as I didn’t see much
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Alner’s Gorse
MJane July 4, 2019 Alner's Gorse,Butterflies,Out & About
From Saturday 22nd June the weather was starting to warm up so on the Monday I decided to take a trip over to Alner’s Gorse, the Butterfly Conservation reserve hoping to see some Butterflies and insects. The Butterflies round home were still few and far between except for the Meadow
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Hay cutting
MJane July 2, 2019 Home,Kestrel,Red Kite
On the 21st June we were having our lunch at midday in the conservatory at the back of our house when the farmer came into the field below and started cutting the grass for hay. We both thought that maybe the Buzzards etc. might just be around and come in
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Misses and Hits!
MJane July 2, 2019 Hambledon Hill,Hares,Morning walk,Okeford Hill,Roe Deer
It’s been a busy couple of days on my walks and at home, sometimes frustrating and then exciting, for me any way! On the 20th June in the morning I went for an early morning walk on Okeford Hill hoping to see some wildlife which was the frustrating part, so
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