Aug 14, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Dorset sunflower fields, August 2021. In the summer of 2021, these huge, yellow sunflowers appeared in four fields in Dorset. Attracting huge numbers of bees, butterflies and other insects, to see such a large expanse of Helianthus flowers in one place was wonderful....
Jul 24, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
Giant hogweed growing in Dorset – July 2021. Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) is not a native plant, having originally been introduced to Britain from Southern Russia and Georgia. This impressive umbellifer can reach over 3.5m (11.5ft) in height, with...
Jul 15, 2021 | Flower Photography, Latest Photographs, M35 Photography News, Nature
This is a phone photo, as I need to return to this pink poppy field to get some ‘proper’ photographs. Dorset’s pink poppy fields haven’t really been that good this year, just like the red poppy fields, which were also disappointing. In fact,...
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...
