Flooded Meadows from regular storms and excessive rainfall

By alan frost on January 28, 2026

Continuing the theme of capturing scenes from my local area, or as I have written before; ‘Close to my back door’, an opportunity arose this week to photograph the water meadows adjoining the River Piddle in Dorset.

Whilst flooding is a regular occurrence at this time of year I have never seen the water levels reach this height before. With the ground well and truly saturated, more rainfall in the coming days and weeks will only bring about further flooding to the area.

I was particularly pleased to capture the last image in this set – a photograph of the church and its reflection. I am grateful to the farmer who allowed me access to his land to make these photographs possible.

Oh and by the way welly boots are an essential item for this type of photography!