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.

ALT A cream-coloured sheep standing in long golden grass, with the stone ruins of Corfe Castle rising on the hillside behind under a blue, cloud-streaked sky.

ALT Extreme close-up of a green leaf, showing a pale central vein and an intricate branching network of smaller veins.

ALT Close-up of a black-and-yellow bumblebee feeding on the orange cone of a bright pink echinacea flower, surrounded by more pink blooms and green foliage.

ALT View from Corfe Castle over the stone rooftops and St Edward’s Church in the village, with green fields and wooded hills beyond under a blue sky.

ALT Sunlit limestone cliffs and the dark quarry entrances of Tilly Whim Caves above a calm blue sea beneath a bright sky.

ALT Close-up of pale pink and coral dahlias in sunlight, with greenery and stone buildings softly out of focus behind.

ALT A deer standing on a grassy ridge, framed between dark tree trunks in woodland on the side of Nine Barrow Down.

ALT Corfe Castle ruins on a grassy hillside beneath a clear blue sky, with rolling Purbeck hills behind.

ALT A golden sunset over the low-tide shallows of Poole Harbour, viewed from Sandbanks, with boats and Brownsea Island silhouetted beneath an orange sky.