Dorset Wildlife Trust’s new collection of Christmas cards for 2011 includes one of my recent landscape photographs:
This was the wintry view from Swyre Head in the Isle of Purbeck looking west to Kimmeridge Bay, and Lulworth beyond, back in December.
This design and others are available to purchase from the Dorset Wildlife Trust’s online shop in packs of 10, with profits going to the charity.
The snow did not settle for long, and by the following afternoon was in rapid retreat.
In the scorchingly hot, dry month of June 2011, Upton Heath near Poole in Dorset caught fire. I happened to be on the Arne peninsula at the time, and recorded this video footage from the opposite side of Poole Harbour:
Fanned by strong winds, the fire spread rapidly to become the largest heathland blaze in Dorset for decades.
Upton Heath was home to some of the UK’s rarest wild creatures, including the smooth snake, sand lizard and dartford warbler.
Over the following few days I documented the aftermath of the fire for the RSPB and Natural England, with permission of the Dorset Wildlife Trust’s team on-site:
More images of the fire’s aftermath on my photographic site.
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