Dartmoor

Dartmoor National Park, where my love of photography blossomed. Not only is Dartmoor a place to watch beautiful light passing across an expansive landscape, it is also home to many fascinating archaeological sites, habitats and species. This variety all being contained within 365 square miles makes it so easy to see a great deal in a single day. It’s not only a place I explore with my camera, it’s somewhere I go to ‘escape’, be that a walk, or for more adventurous pastimes.

Bad weather and rain clouds coming over norther Dartmoor National Park

Great Staple Tor rocks in the mist, Dartmoor National Park

Lone hawthorn tree against the skyline, Swelltor, Dartmoor National Park

Highland cow portrait, Dartmoor National Park

Emsworthy Mire nature reserve, a corrugated rusty roofed barn, Dartmoor pony and Great Tor in the distance, Dartmoor National Park

Bluebells at Holwell Lawn with Haytor blurred in the background

Sheep standing on Sourton ice shelves, Dartmoor National Park

Snowy drifts and snowy conditions at Belstone Common, Dartmoor National Park

Mollinia cerulea, Dartmoor National Park

Dartmoor ponies grazing in the snow below Yes Tor, Dartmoor National Park

Ewe standing in bluebells at Holwell Lawn, Dartmoor National Park

Bluebells in woodland, Dartmoor National Park

Heavy Bridge in autumnal woodland and wet conditions, Dartmoor National Park

Row Tor/Rough Tor at sunset, Dartmoor National Park

Fernworthy Forest conifer plantation, Dartmoor National Park

Autumn leaves on the floor, Parke Estate, National Trust, Dartmoor National Park

Conifer tree bark and ivy growth, River Teign valley, Dartmoor National Park

Snowy conditions on a footbridge over a stream in wintry woodland, Dartmoor National Park

Single bluebell illuminated against a black background, Dartmoor National Park

Meldon Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park

Wildflowers in a woodland, Dartmoor National Park

Wet conditions in Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor National Park

Moody weather over historic fields, Dartmoor National Park

Single fern in woodland, Dartmoor National Park

Wet tracks illuminated in winter sun, Okehampton common, Dartmoor National Park

East Okement river, Dartmoor National Park

Postbridge historic clapper bridge, Dartmoor National Park

Summer sunlight on the West Okement river, Dartmoor National Park

Puddle at Becky Falls reflecting woodland above, Dartmoor National Park

Small waterfall with water tumbling over rocks beneath autumnal woodland, Dartmoor National Park

Rocks sticking out above the water of Meldon Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park

Bubbles beneath the surface of a stream, Dartmoor National Park

Emsworthy Mire nature reserve, bluebells with rusty corrugated iron roofed stone barn and some trees in leaf

Icy patches in the Moor Brook beneath wintry woodland, Dartmoor National Park

East Okement river illuminated with patchy light

Winter sunlight highlighting ridges on moorland looking at Steeperton Tor, Dartmoor National Park

Boundary stone, Roos Tor, Dartmoor National Park

Ferns, boulders and timber next to a Dartmoor stream, Dartmoor National Park

Thatched cottages, The Splash, Ponsworthy, Dartmoor National Park

Rusty tractor and cottages at Belstone, Dartmoor National Park

Sunset on Okehampton Common, Dartmoor National Park

Patchy light and moody weather over Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park

Row Tor / Rough Tor target railway, Okehampton Common, with West Mill Tor in the background, Dartmoor National Park

Lone sheep standing on rocks in the mist, Dartmoor National Park

Moody winter light and stormy clouds over Okehampton Common, Dartmoor National Park

Outbuilding with rusty roof, green door and ivy covered stone walls, Ponsworthy, Dartmoor National Park

Foggintor Quarry, Dartmoor National Park

Forestry work at Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor National Park

Winter Tor, Belstone Common, Dartmoor National Park

Light and shadow at Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor National Park

Rough Tor / Row Tor, Dartmoor National Park