Coastal Flowers Yarmouth

During our week in Suffolk, I spent a very enjoyable hour or so in the dunes at Yarmouth photographing the flowers, including Yellow-horned Poppies, Devil's Bit Scabious etc. There was a very confiding Meadow Pipit who came to regard me as another feature of the landscape.

Southwold Evening Shots

Monday evening after dinner in Southwold, we visited the beach for sunset and the last colour in the reflections and in the sky, not forgetting a few shots of the Pier and Beach huts.

Dorset 11 Lyme Regis

On the Tuesday of our trip, we visited Lyme Regis on a very hot bright day. I mainly concentrated on the people enjoying the location in the strong contrasty light. The artist was perfectly dressed for the location while the young provided entertainment leaping off the cob, canoeing, paddling etc. There was, of course, just sitting enjoying the view and sunshine or a gentle game of bowls.

Cromer Storm Clouds and Afternoon Light

After a beautiful sunny clear morning on Wednesday, storm clouds gathered at Cromer and we had a heavy rainstorm which cleared to give some very attractive late afternoon light.

Winterton Dunes - Habitat and Flowers

It is not often that there is an ecosystem small enough to do a reasonable survey of the plants and insects in a day. Winterton Dunes are unusual in that they support acidic plant communities, such as heathers and ferns, rather than the dunes on the North Norfolk Coast - where the sand is calcareous. There are areas of dune heath, wet 'slacks' between dunes and dune grassland which grades into grazing marsh and birch woodland.

Plants shown here Marram Grass, Yellow Bedstraw, Polypody Fern, Hare's foot clover, Cross-leaved Heath, Bell Heather, Yellow Rattle, Centaury, Royal Fern and sheep's Bit Scabious.