I have lived in many places throughout my life, but of all of them Dorset, on the south coast of the UK stands far above the rest. The sheer diversity of the county is amazing. The forests of Puddletown and Wareham. The mudflats and marshes of Poole harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. The open heathland of Studland and Canford and the rolling farmland. The rugged bleakness of Portland and the Chesil bank and the Jurassic coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Nowhere have I lived has such a wide variety of habitat and wildlife. I feel very lucky to live here and these are just a few of my favourite photographs I have taken of this amazing county.

White Stag near Arne.

Waterfall near Cerne Abbas

Cerne Abbas waterscape

Busy Bee, Upton Heath.

Grey Heron, Cerne Abbas

Old Sherborne Castle

Wareham Forest

Portland Bill

Sand Lizard underwater, Poole Harbour.

River Avon, Christchurch.

Dragonfly, Arne.

Abandoned limestone quarry, Lychett Matravers.

Water lillies, Puddletown.

Wareham Forest.

Christchurch.

Grey Wagtail, Wareham Forest.

Red Admiral butterfly, Wareham Forest.

Fossils, Lyme Regis

Sunset on Chesil Bank.

Sunset over Poole

Red Deer stag, Arne.

Red Deer Doe, Arne.

Squirrel, Puddletown Forest.

Robin, Wareham Forest.

Jay, Wareham Forest.

Taken near Portesham, just outside Dorchester.

Old Lighthouse, Keyhaven.

Wareham Forest.

Corfe Castle.

Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour.

Cormorant, Poole Harbour.

New Sherborne Castle.

Hardy’s Monument. Portesham.

Overlooking Blackdown towards Portland.

Duckling, Wareham River.

St Catherines chapel and Chesil Bank, Abbotsbury.

Taken near Portesham.

Mudeford Harbour.

River Stour, Christchurch.

Worth Matravers.

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