Today, I spend most of the daylight hours in Wick Fields on the southern shore of the Dorset Stour, just as it enters Christchurch Harbour. The area is an important part of the Hengistbury Head Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, and as it has not been improved by agriculture it is regarded as 'ancient grassland'.
As yesterday, the light is useable all day, but it's during late afternoon that it becomes the most spectacular. The photograph of Christchurch Priory was shot through the reed beds, which are home to an ever growing number of nesting birds, including the rare Dartford and Cetti's Warblers. A herd of Galloway cattle are free to graze, helping to manage the land.
24-70 f/2.8 EX DG Sigma lens. 1/2000 second at f/4. -0.33EV. ISO 400.
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