The druids celebrate the equinox

Tony and Suky of the Stag Circle at Suky's home the night before the equinox. Druids mark the spring equinox, traditionally celebrated at dawn at Stonehenge Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

Tony sounds the horn in the Dolmen Grove temple. Groups like the Dolmen Grove, of which the Stag Circle is a part, are working hard to become accepted as a bona fide religions Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

Frank who, by day, works in IT. At night he is a druid. They claim there are more than a million people in the UK who share, in one form or another, pagan beliefs, and that there could be up to 60,000 druids Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

The Dolmen Grove druids arrive at Stonehenge at dawn Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

Stonehenge at dawn. This year English Heritage is limiting the numbers of Druids who can attend the spring equinox Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

The Dolmen Grove druids at Stonehenge at dawn. They follow ancient beliefs, rejoicing in air, water and fire Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

Frank, of The Dolmen Grove druids, at Stonehenge at dawn Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

The Dolmen Grove druids' campaigns to broaden acceptance include making sure that pagans are properly counted at the next census, and the inclusion of pagan terminology in dictionaries Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance

The Dolmen Grove druids at Stonehenge Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/freelance