Holybourne sacred pool

At Holybourne in Hampshire, beside the Church of the Holy Rood, there is a sacred pool. Here there is magic in the stillness; the green of the overhanging trees and the ducks and geese scurrying around looking at their own reflections in the clear water.....It is an amazing, marvellous place.

Young Thrush

This young song thrush was very obliging in letting me photograph it. What a marvellous sight, and an increasingly rare one, as domestic cats have decimated the species and pushed it onto the red list of British birds.

Marabout Stork

The magnificent Marabout Stork is one of the most amazing birds in the world. Hunched like some grotesque old man in the swamps it is truly spectacular. It is named after the "marabout" or West African holy man, dressed in simlar drab colours, and often hunched over his beads and bones.....This bird is one of a group of spectacular giant storks. Sadly they are all in decline and two species are hovering close to extinction in Asia.

More memories of Brownsea Island

A Visit to the New Forest

A visit to Bolderwood, part of the New Forest, produced some marvellous sights and sounds. The forest is an amazing cathedral of trees that is home to many unique creatures. It is the main breeding ground of one of our lovliest migrants, the Common Redstart. What an amazing tail! What a song!

Binsted Holy Well

There is a mysterious and beautiful ancient holy well by the road in Upper Froyle. It is a magical place by the former ford.

Dreamscapes and Memories of Brownsea Island

Memories are fragile links with the past. Oystercatchers are one of my favourite memories.