Jun 28, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
A giant field of red poppies in Dorset under a stormy sky – Summer 2021. As I write this, I had hoped to be able to show a lot more photos of red poppy fields in Dorset but, sadly, there don’t seem to be as many red poppies this year – not in large...
Apr 20, 2021 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Last year I started photographing orchids, after a chance ‘encounter’ with some pyramidal orchids [Anacamptis pyramidalis] when on a walk. At that time I was really a little too late in the season – and unprepared – to start searching for more...
Apr 5, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
2021 – A beautiful and rare pasqueflower plant growing at Martin Down. Background For the last two years (2019 and 2020) I have been photographing a pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) at Martin Down, on the Hampshire/Dorset border. During that time I have only...
Apr 1, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
A solitary pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) growing on the hillside at Barnsley Warren SSSI, in Gloucestershire. This exquisite, hairy, little plant is also known as the ‘anemone of Passiontide’, because it flowers around Easter time (tomorrow will be...
Dec 5, 2020 | Latest Photographs
Autumn at Blackwater Arboretum, New Forest. Where are the best areas in the New Forest for autumn colours? In the past, having visited only one or two specific areas of the New Forest to see the autumn colours, this time I wanted to find the ‘best’ places....
Nov 26, 2020 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
6 months after the Wareham Forest fire of May 2020, the ground is still blackened and scarred. Many trees and bushes were badly singed, or completely burned – many won’t recover. Wildlife was caught up in the fire too, and critical habitats destroyed....
