River Allen

The River Allen is just 13 miles long. It is a tributary that flows in to the River Stour in Wimborne Minster. I first got to know the river and the valley in which it flows in the 1970s when I lived in a small village, Witchampton, just north of Wimborne. The last few weeks I have enjoyed reacquainting myself with parts of the river and surrounding countryside. These are some of the images.

River Allen
Damselfly
Ripening wheat in early summer
Great spotted woodpecker
The hamlet of New Town
River Allen flowing through New Town
Small tortoiseshell butterfly
Poppies and daisies
Small white butterfly (female)
Clump of trees behind a field of barley
Bridge over River Allen near Moor Crichel
Wimborne Minster where the Allen joins the Stour