May 13, 2022 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
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 15, 2022 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
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 | Flower Photography, 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)...
Apr 2, 2022 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Thousands of pasqueflowers growing on a hillside at Therfield Heath, in Hertfordshire. The best pasqueflower site in the UK Since 2019, I’ve been trying to make a return visit to see Therfield Heath’s beautiful and rare pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla vulgaris),...
Mar 28, 2022 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
The first pasqueflower to bloom in 2022 at Martin Down National Nature Reserve, on the Hampshire/Dorset border. The elusive pasqueflowers of Martin Down For the last three years, I’ve been photographing the beautiful pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla vulgaris) that grow...
Sep 17, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, Nature
The UK’s Most Poisonous Plants Found and photographed growing wild in Southern England. An ongoing photo project . . . Above: Monkshood (Aconitum napellus) A portfolio of 6 images, for which I was awarded a RHS Silver Gilt Medal. My ‘UK’s Most...