Ninebarrow

ALT A wide view from Swyre Head over green fields and the sea towards Kimmeridge, with Clavell Tower on a coastal ridge beneath sunlit clouds.

ALT A vivid orange and gold sunset over rippled blue sea, viewed west from St Aldhelm’s Head, with the low outline of Portland on the horizon and the Purbeck coast at the right.

ALT A high, wide view over the turquoise water of Chapman’s Pool, with a rocky beach, small buildings at the shore and steep green Purbeck cliffs beneath a bright blue sky.

ALT A close-up of a red admiral butterfly resting with its wings spread in green grass; the black wings have bright orange-red bands, white spots and worn edges.

ALT A white mute swan gliding across still water at Moors Lake, reflected beneath tall reeds and trees in autumn colour under a blue sky.

ALT Low-angle close-up of clusters of common sea-lavender among green grasses, backlit by warm sunlight beneath a pale, cloud-streaked sky.

ALT Golden sunset light breaking through clouds over moored boats and exposed tidal flats at Whitley Bay in Poole Harbour, with reflections in shallow water.

ALT Layered cliffs at Gad Cliff rising above the deep blue water of Brandy Bay, with scrub in the foreground and two small paragliders beneath a cloud-streaked sky.

ALT Rounded boulders line the shore at Chapman’s Pool, with golden light catching the layered cliffs across the blue-grey sea beneath dark, dramatic clouds.

ALT Looking up through spreading oak branches and green leaves to a patch of bright blue sky at Upton Heath.

ALT A pale path descending East Hill through green fields and gorse, with Corfe Castle and the village below beneath a broad orange-and-blue sunset sky.

ALT Pink and orange sunset clouds above a dark silhouette of trees and heathland on Studland Heath.

ALT A bronze-brown slow worm moving through shallow muddy water and wet grass on Upton Heath.

ALT A red admiral butterfly with dark brown wings, orange-red bands and white spots rests among glossy green leaves and small white flowers, while a bumblebee feeds at the upper left.

ALT A slim crescent moon in a clear blue sky above orange sunset light reflecting in winding tidal channels across the mudflats of Holes Bay, with trees silhouetted on the horizon.

ALT A weathered stone Purbeck Way marker on East Hill in the foreground, with Corfe Castle ruins and green hills beyond under a blue, cloud-filled sky.

ALT View over patchwork fields and the coast at Kimmeridge beneath a vast, dramatic sky of dark clouds, shafts of light and a patch of blue.

ALT Close-up of orange and red rudbeckia flowers with dark brown centres amid green foliage in Kingston Lacy’s Kitchen Garden.

ALT A white cow with black speckles standing among yellow gorse and purple heather on Upton Heath, with a glowing sky and clouds behind.