Fontmell Down again
I was on a mission on the 29th July, getting up at 5.30am and going up Fontmell Down to see if I could see some roosting Butterflies, hopefully with dew on them. I searched with Tilly, my long suffering companion and I wasn’t having any luck at all. I am
Hambledon hill
Heading towards the end of July already, I can’t believe it, we had heavy rain yesterday this has been welcome to the garden, the landscape and wildlife. This morning on Sunday 26th July after the rain I decided to head up to the slopes of Hambledon Hill. I have in
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
Fontmell Down
Thursday 22nd July and with the likelihood of a warm day I decided to head up to Fontmell Down fairly early to see what Butterflies were about, particularly hoping to see a Chalk Hill Blue. I have never seen one before. The first wildlife I saw was a Kestrel in
Alners Gorse
I had to go to Stalbridge for a hair trim on the 18th July in the late afternoon, my first since February, just before the lockdown. I thought on the way back it was a good chance to do a little detour and have a short walk round Alners Gorse
Glow Worms
July is around the time for Glow Worms to be showing themselves, the females are trying to attract the males with their luminescent glow, so my friend an I decided to head up Hambledon hill on the 7th July to see if we could spot them. We went up just
Little things!
The weather had been warm for a couple of days and on Monday 20th July it was the same. I went hunting in the garden and down our lane close to home to see what was about. When I say what was about I’m looking for the little things, I’m