Dorset Gallery

Long-tailed tit

Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) perching on a branch. This bird is very small, with a length of only 13-15 centimetres including its very long tail. It is found in most of Europe and Asia. Photographed in Dorset, UK, in January

© COLIN VARNDELL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Matthew Pariss Map of Great Britain showing rivers & towns in the south of England & part of Wales, c.1250 (1944)

Many place-names are still recognisable today. The word Auster, written over the English Channel at the bottom, refers to wind bringing heavy cloud cover and fog. Map drawn by the historian Matthew Paris, a monk at St Alban's Abbey. Cotton MS Claudius D.vi, f.12v, manuscript in the British Library, London. From "British Maps and Map-Makers", by Edward Lynam. [Collins, London, 1944]

© The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset

Sandbanks - a small peninsula or spit crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. The Children's Pond. Date: circa 1930s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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