Jul 5, 2022 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
This year I had decided not to bother photographing any Dorset pink poppy fields. Having taken photos of opium poppies every year since 2015, I simply felt that I’d had my fill. Also, more and more people have splashed the locations of the poppy fields all over...
May 20, 2022 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
Are these the first Dorset field poppies of 2022? I was out and about today and chanced upon these Dorset red poppies, scattered amongst the pale yellow rapeseed. It was a beautiful and welcome sight and so early in the red poppy season too. I really hope to see a lot...
May 13, 2022 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) growing on a windy Dorset hillside. Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) has got to be one of the weirdest looking plants there is, certainly in this country. Not only that, all parts of the plant are highly toxic to humans and animals, it...
Apr 30, 2022 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
Sunshine, steam and motorbikes… what’s not to like at Abbey Hill Steam Rally? ...
Apr 15, 2022 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News
Is Dorset the best early spider-orchid location in the UK? Early spider-orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) at Durlston Country Park, Dorset. We are lucky in Dorset because we have what is possibly the best site for early spider-orchids in the UK. Ophrys sphegodes is also the...
Apr 6, 2022 | Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Pasqueflowers at Barnsley Warren SSSI, April 2022 Barnsley Warren is a 61.3-hectare SSSI just north of Cirencester. This steep-sided dry valley contains the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust’s Gloucestershire Pasqueflower Reserve, which is a 5.3-hectare (13-acre)...
