David Noton / Panoramic of Dordogne Valley taken at dawn from Domme, France

David Noton / Pays de Bergerac, Perigord, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France, June 2014.

David Noton / Hay bales in the fields near Beaumont du Périgord, Pays de Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France, June.

David Noton / Hay bales in the fields near Beaumont du Périgord, Pays de Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France, June 2014,

David Noton / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in distance crossing field near Molieres, Pays de Bergerac, Périgord, Dordogne, France, June

David Noton / Woods near Urval, Pays de Bergerac, Périgord, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France, June.

Loic Poidevin / Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) in flower, Dordogne, France July

Silvia Reiche / Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus) butterfly, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale) butterfly, Dordogne, France

Loic Poidevin / 12th century castle, Chateau de Beynac, Dordogne, France, April 2012

Loic Poidevin / Chateau de Montfort, Vitrac, Dordogne, France, April 2012

Loic Poidevin / Beynac town with 12th century castle, Chateau de Beynac, Dordogne, France, April 2012

Loic Poidevin / Streets and houses of Beynac, Dordogne, France, April 2012

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) pupa, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Burnt Orchid (Neotinea ustulata) flowers, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Man Orchid (Aceras anthropophorum) flowers, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Man Orchid (Aceras anthropophorum) flowers, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) flowers, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Feather Hyacinth (Muscari comosum) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Feather Hyacinth (Muscari comosum) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Feather Hyacinth (Muscari comosum) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Tongue Orchid (Serapias lingua) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Burnt Orchid (Neotinea ustulata) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) butterfly, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / European Cornsalad (Valerianella locusta) flowers, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Little Blue Butterfly (Cupido minimus) group drinking from the ground, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) and Little Blue Butterflies (Cupido minimus) drinking from the ground, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus), Limousine Cattle in a meadow, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Midwife Toad (Alytes obstetricans) on moss, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Eriogaster catax) caterpillar, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia), false eyespot on wing, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) false eyespot on wing, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) against a wall at night, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina) butterfly on grass, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus), four Limousine Cattle in a meadow, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera) butterfly, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Burnt Orchid (Neotinea ustulata), Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Burnt Orchid (Neotinea ustulata) flowers with spider, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio) flowering, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) in the rain, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Paper Wasp (Polistes bischoffi) building a nest, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Nursery-web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis), Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) eating grass, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

David Noton / Aerial view of Dordogne Valley from Domme, Quercy, France

David Noton / Sunflower {Helianthus annuus} nr Creysse, Dordogne Valley, France

David Noton / Daisies in a field with the chateau of Beynac-et-Cazerac beyond, Dordogne Valley, Perigord, France

Paul Johnson / Winding road climbing up side of gorge, Cele valley, Dordogne, France

John Waters / Single lightning strike, Dordogne, France

John Waters / Lightning storm, Dordogne, France

David Noton / Panoramic view over Dordogne river and valley taken at dawn from Domme, France

David Noton / Panoramic view of the Dordogne Valley taken from Domme, France

Paul D Stewart / Chromolithograph illustration of Cromagnon 'Skull of an old man' Plate 1, Section C. Edouard Lartet and Henry Christy. 'Reliquiae Aquitanicae' 1865-1875, Williams and Norgate, London 1875. The type sp...

Paul D Stewart / Chromolithograph illustration of perforated Cromagnon 30,000 ybp ornaments (shell, ivory), by Edouard Lartet and Henry Christy. 'Reliquiae Aquitanicae' 1865-1875, Williams and Norgate, London 1875. Th...

Paul D Stewart / Carvings on reindeer antler and other bone material dated to the end of the last ice age, between 10, 000 to 17, 000 years ago (Magdalenian); plate from Edouard Lartet and Henry Christy 'Reliquiae Aqu...

Robert Thompson / Scarce swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalinus) resting on flowers, Dordogne, France

Robert Thompson / Scarce swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalinus) resting on plant, Dordogne, France

Robert Thompson / Scarce swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalinus) resting on plant, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) caterpillar, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) caterpillar, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Old car wreck in forest, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Old car wreck in forest, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Old car wreck in forest, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Grasshopper on yellow flower, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Common Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) lying on its back, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Silvia Reiche / Burnt Orchid (Neotinea ustulata) flowers with spider, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Rainbow at sunset, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) group eating grass, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

Silvia Reiche / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) group in field, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, France

David Noton / Aerial view of cultivated farmland Dordogne France

Denis-Huot / Edible frog (Pelophylax esculentus) resting on Water lily (Nymphaeaceae) leaf. Dordogne valley, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. June.

Denis-Huot / La Roque-Gageac, tourists on a boat, Dordogne valley, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. May

Denis-Huot / Fayrac castle in aerial view, Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne, France, October 2020.

Denis-Huot / Beynac Castle in the mist, Beynac-et-Cazenac Village, Dordogne, France, October 2020.

Nigel Cattlin / American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) an invasive species of plant used originally for dye, flowering and fruiting on the banks of the Dordogne, France

Nigel Cattlin / American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) an invasive species of plant used originally for dye, flowering and fruiting on the banks of the Dordogne, France