SHOTOVER in PHOTOGRAPHS

In our Summer Newsletter for 2005, we announced a competition for "The Photograph which best Expresses Shotover". Here are a few thoughts from your Webmaster which were produced to start the ball rolling.

Bluebell woods at dawn 7th May 2003.

Roe Deer above Ram Valley (Used as cover picture for 2005 Summer Newsletter) Early Spring 2005

Common Blue butterfly in Ram Valley 13th June 2005

Germander Speedwell and Tormentil in Ram Valley 13th June 2005

A good crop of Poppies in a fallow corn field 8th June 2003

A distant view of Forest Hill Timeless!

The beaten down surface of the old road may not be an obvious wild-life habitat; but to several species of digger wasps and bees, it's the ultimate "des. res." 31st July 2004

Shotover blanketed by snow 30th January 2003

Winter Sunset over Shotover 17th January 2002