Daily Diary

I watched the rain falling onto the pond surface and appreciated the bright yellow of Cowslip near the garden hide. A ...

It’s wet and foggy as I get out of the car. I decide to walk straight to the pleasure ground woodlands, on the w...

I arrive for this morning’s patrol to patchwork skies, slate-grey waters and the backlit mass of the Isle of Wig...

It’s a sunny and still start to the day, from the car park a Chiffchaff, Robin, Wren, Blackbird, and Goldfinches...

A little splash of rain overnight soaks into the dry cracked clay and invigorates a carpet of green to race up towards...

A chilly grey morning compared to the rest of the week, but this doesn’t stop the birds from singing and the flo...

Heading out through the meadows the hedgerows are smothered in snowy white Blackthorn blossom. The meadows are covered...

While my commute began by a fog-cloaked Poole Harbour, on arrival in the Country Park a bright sunrise is rapidly burn...

With bright blue skies and barely any wind, it was a gorgeous morning for a wander around Durlston. Flitting and swo...

After a quick litter pick around the car parks, me walk took me into Lighthouse Field where the air was ringing with b...

It’s a lovely warm start at Durlston with the morning Sun alighting the fresh green leaves that have emerged upo...

Starting 20 minutes earlier today to get ahead of the game, as I change into suitable footwear I instantly hear a Chif...

A thick layer of fog covered the fields this morning, and from it fell a gentle drizzle - the grass underfoot wet as I...

After welcoming in April with glorious sunshine, today’s patrol takes place wreathed in low cloud, a damp, cool ...

A glorious early morning, down through the woods where the trees were set superbly against the blue sky. The leaves ...

Long Tailed Tits fly past overhead as I get out of the car this morning, coming to land in the Hawthorn in front of th...

Under the grey skies of the last day of March, the gorgeous sound of birdsong accompanies my patrol around the Nationa...

This morning I head straight down to the cliffs to find plenty of Guillemot spread about the water. Theres a separate ...

First day of British Summer Time, noticeable as was still dusk when waking up! I start the walk on a hazy morning in t...

After a few days away from the Country Park, the skies above Durlston are a near-perfect ceiling of cerulean this morn...

As I started my stroll towards the clifftops, I was delighted to see at close quarters a male Roe Deer as he lounged i...

I passed a bud laden mature Field Maple and heard the distinctive calls of a Chiff Chaff. Entering Skipworth I discove...

This morning a strong south-westerly wind blows through the park, cooling the temperature and reminding us we’re...

Starting off to the far north-west corner of Durlston to inspect the recently installed waterpipe work, the sky covere...

An extra early start this morning as I met some local climbers and tech guys who are helping to diagnose the problem w...

Another lovely Spring morning at Durlston, with the Sun shining and bird song in my ears. I listen to the two-tone Gre...

The perfect springtime morning for patrol today, with blue skies, crisp air and just a gentle zephyr stirring the Holm...

As I looked across the field the head of a female Roe Deer emerged, the eyes half-closed as she bathed in the warm sun...

Arum leaves already had some holes and signs of nibbling, presumably due to insect larvae. A delightful splash of Blac...

Springtime is certainly here with wall-to-wall sunshine providing me with plenty of vitamin D! Within the car park a C...