Daily Diary

I start the Wildlife Diary early, just past 07:30, the weather is fair with high cloud allowing some particles of the ...

A chilly wind blowing in across the sea from the south-east accompanied my early patrol around Durlston National Natur...

After the last few days of warm sunshine a few more flowers are showing, including small patches of deep purple from t...

A bright sunny morning, though the cold wind is harsh as it slices into my face as I head out. In the sycamore directl...

Spring has sprung with plenty of birds bustling and singing around the park. Listen to Robin and Wren as they flit bet...

A beautiful sunny morning illuminates the park this morning. Even with the bright sun there’s still quite a chil...

A quick nip into the Bird Hide as I started, where flitting backwards and forwards around the feeders were Great Tits,...

It is a rather chilly yet fair morning as I arrive, the northerly wind is rather biting, not spring like – but i...

A chilly start to the morning as I headed towards the woods, where the sound of 2 Jays squawking caught my attention. ...

Curious sounds of guttural cackling, quacking, and grunting draw attention along the cliffs this morning, where Fulmar...

The sun is shining I take my binoculars, and I head straight for the meadows. On the way I spot a Magpie whilst hearin...

Nothing says ‘dawn’ to me, more than a Blackbird’s melancholic song. The bird sings from before the ...

A change in the weather greeted me as patrolled the Park, a gentle wind and a mostly grey cloud covered sky. Strolli...

The morning starts off very foggy, yet the sun starts to shine as I arrive at Durlston to do another Wildlife Diary &n...

A fog hangs low over the park this morning, though the sun is trying its best to burn through the cloud. I head toward...

Glorious again as I took the early patrol around Durlston. To the clifftops, where the growling and churring of the Gu...

Continuing clear skies and another day of glorious sunshine ahead. Without an insulating layer of cloud, temperatures ...

It’s a cold and frosty, yet beautiful sunny morning, I’m feeling rather groggy whilst still being unwell, ...

Clear blue skies and frost underfoot. The dawn chorus welcomes me back after a week holiday, with delightful tunes fro...

A quite glorious morning, with a slight frost showing on many patches of grass, the leaves covered in white frozen cri...

What a glorious morning, a stunning blue sky above with a few wispy white clouds. Across the sky the large black shape...

Apologies for a shorter than usual diary. The weather is much worse than I had anticipated after being told the weathe...

I got to work happy that I was about to do the Wildlife Diary, yet slightly tired due to the Sound of a Fox keeping me...

The sound of pattering rain as I began my walk, was accompanied by the splashing of puddles and slapping on the mud as...

The glorious sunshine of yesterday, followed by wonderfully clear night, where the stars and planets were twinkling an...

It’s Saturday morning and that time again for the diary. I step out of the car, put my walking boots on and clea...

After yesterday’s 7.0mm of rain the fields are once more wet and muddy, so most of my patrol was around the down...

I arrived at the Learning Centre to greet Hannah, the Resident Volunteer, and do the Wildlife Diary with her. We decid...

I arrive at the Learning Centre car park, as I drive in a Jay is spotted on top of a sign. Then a Song Thrush is spott...

What a morning, the sky was for once visible and showing a lovely blue colour. Shining from it the bright yellowy-oran...