Damselflies on a summer breeze

What does it feel like to walk through a cloud of glittering damselflies? or to watch them delicately laying eggs on a sunken leaf?

300 Years Ago a Walnut Started to Grow

 

When I heard about a 300 year old walnut tree growing in a field close to where I live, I grabbed my camera, measuring tape, wellies and husband and headed for the door!

River Stour Otters

As a member of the Dorset Otter Group I have a specific stretch of the river Stour that I survey four times a year for signs of otters. Basically that entails scrabbling around in my wellies on the river bank looking for otter poo… or to give it it’s proper name, spraint. Glamorous stuff eh! but you see what you don’t understand is the bubbling-over, child-like excitement I experience when I find some. I will try to explain.

Looking at fungi in the woods

I’ve been for a look at the new Corfe Mullen Trailway today. This path follows the route of the old railway through some lovely woods still oozing with life.