Daily Diary

As I headed off towards the woodland, I was stopped by the sight of a dark thrush disappearing amongst the spiky twigs...

A brighter arrival in the Country Park this morning, with pink-tinged cirrus clouds scudding across the sky, propelled...

A wonderful blustery morning, with a strong south easterly blowing across the Country Park National Nature Reserve. ...

Even from the car park I could hear waves licking the cliff foot and shifting boulders. Amongst the skeletal trees the...

What a difference a day makes... yesterday’s clear but breezy weather has been replaced by a markedly damper sou...

After a few days away from the Country Park, it’s a treat to arrive to a clear dawn, the fierce orb of the risin...

Damp and dull conditions again the early feature, a carpeting of the cloud hanging over the meadows, the ground squidg...

It’s damp and dull morning, perfect conditions for a fungal foray. On the Timeline, a Red Cage Fungus has expand...

A pleasant sunny January morning falls over the park as I make my way down the timeline. Halfway down I spot the Red ...

I get on with my walk and it starts raining as the first shower passes above. I head towards the Lighthouse road path ...

As I put my wellies on, I hear Robins, Great Tits, the beautiful Song Thrush, and Blue Tits. I decide to go check up o...

What a change from yesterday with blue sky overhead and a crisp frost on some of the ground. A Song Thrush was perch...

This morning began in thick cloud and rain, as I begun visibility was about 30 yards so limiting wildlife to what I co...

The bright, cold conditions of New Year have shifted to a more typical British winter of low cloud and damp gloom as I...

Pink sky with the sunrise obscured by cloud. The weather has turned once again, with strong winds battering Durlston...

A frozen National Nature Reserve welcomed me and the parkrunners today, the sound of ice crunching underfoot a lovely ...

It’s a cold, overcast and windy morning, wet but the rain has nicely stopped ready for my diary walk. I was sadd...

Fresh deposits in a Badger latrine we beside the South Barn – Saxon path. Only Bats, Hazel Dormouse and Hedgehog...

What at change from the freezing white ground of yesterday to the rain of last night and temperatures up at 8’. ...

Another glorious morning for a wander around Durlston Country Park National Nature Reserve, with a very heavy crisp fr...

Another frosty start with a minimum temperature -0.3 degrees Celsius recorded at Durlston overnight. I take care drivi...

My first Wildlife Diary of 2026, and it’s a rather frosty one too, certainly the coldest diary walk I’ve d...

The swollen Wolf Moon sinks towards the northern ridgeline, and the verges are rimed in frost as I arrive for my first...

The sound of Bullfinches greeted me as I began my walk across a frost covered patch of grass. The haunting squeaking c...

Happy New Year & welcome to Durlston! A superb morning for the first in 2026, the sun rising above the horizon p...

A frosty morning. My hands already cold, having scraped the ice from my car’s windscreen. There’s a satisf...

First diary after Christmas! The first sounds I hear as I get out my car are a Song Thrush in the distance, and Robins...

A long stroll towards the western end of Durlston, took me past the old Quarr, where, perched on the long wooden spack...

A thick layer of cloud cover blots out the sunrise this morning, causing it to be so dark still I check the time to ma...

Though we’ve now passed the Winter Solstice, my commute still begins in darkness for the time being, a few deter...