Jun 1, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
Spring has arrived in Poole Park. The once-dormant trees have awakened from their wintry slumber, flowers are unfolding and the gentle rays of the sun play upon the Park’s lakes. I do love this time of year because there’s something very special about it:...
May 9, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
Anacamptis morio Flowering in May and June, the green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio) is classified as Near Threatened on the Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain. Taking its name from the green veins in the ‘hood’ formed by its sepals, it is...
Apr 28, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
It’s bluebell season! In 2023, I was lucky enough to chance upon several lovely Dorset bluebell woods. In previous years, for one reason or another, I’ve missed photographing ‘bluebell season’. In terms of good photographic light, the time of...
Apr 23, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Therfield Heath pasqueflowers 2023 doesn’t seem to be a good year for wild-growing pasqueflowers. At Therfield Heath, in Hertfordshire, compared to last year there are barely any flowers at all. That’s the thing though, a good year is often followed by a...
Mar 12, 2023 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
Not far from Newbury, in Berkshire, is a 3-hectare meadow that hosts Britain’s largest display of wild crocuses. This is ‘Inkpen Crocus Field’, which explodes in colour each spring with an estimated 400,000 purple and white flowers. Parish records...
Aug 20, 2022 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Gentiana pneumonanthe Rare marsh gentians (Gentiana pneumonanthe) growing on Dorset heathland. With their bright blue trumpet-shaped flowers, marsh gentians thrive in areas of wet, acid heathland or grassland. I had never seen these wonderful plants before and was...
