Daily Diary

Having decided to head to the far (western) end of the National Nature Reserve this morning, my progress was immediate...

A beautiful sunny morning, already warm enough to not need a jumper. A Small Blue Butterfly flutters past as I enter t...

Down to the Castle first to check on the tidy-up after yesterday’s Wedding – all going well, so continued ...

The glorious sound of a Common Whitethroat echoing around me as I began the morning’s patrol. This recently arri...

Dewy grass and damp Daisies. A chorus of bird song emanates from all around, I hear tunes from Robin, Dunnock, Greater...

After yesterday’s first Orchid survey with the Wednesday work party, I was looking forward to my morning patrol....

Wet ground following a welcome 12.8mm of rainfall overnight, surely to give a boost to the park’s flora in the c...

Getting out the car the first noises I hear are Chiffchaffs, Robins, a Wren, Crow, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Phea...

Starting my early patrol in brightness, I admired a male Roe Deer as it browsed on the fresh green leaves of a Hawthor...

Swopping across the bright blue sky was a single Swallow, its shape, colour and action making it unmistakable, as was ...

A wet grey morning envelope the park this morning as I head down long meadow. Cowslips are loosely scattered throughou...

A bit of a shock to the system this morning, with a sheet of grey cloud covering the sky – the first for some ti...

Another sunny spring morning, but a heavy dew across the ground, making it wet underfoot, and perhaps encouraging a l...

A blustery start to the day, with winds gusting 49mph overnight. Even the sturdier branches of Sycamore and Holm Oak r...

I start off at the lower car park where I park the car, instantly I hear a Chiffchaff, Magpie, Robin, Blackcap, and Wr...

First day back from a week off, as I leave the car one can hear Robins, Jay, Wren, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon ...

The beautiful green and blue feathers of a Blue Tit are spotted moving through the now leafy scrub: Where fresh green ...

With another beautiful morning falling across the park, I half hope for a change in weather just to change up the star...

Another beautiful spring morning, with only the whisper of a breeze. The warm early morning sun warming as I head to t...

Another sunny morning falls across the park as I make my way out through the meadows. A long Goldfinch chirps away fro...

Another day of sunshine ahead. The ground has cracked where the clay soils have dried and contracted. Little piles of ...

Browsing on the fresh leaves of a Hawthorn bush was a female Roe Deer, her coat a dark brown, contrasting with her dir...

As I came out a Swallow was swooping across the blue sky – sunshine and a chilly easterly wind again. From the...

It’s a beautiful sunny day and this morning I decided to take a stroll through the Pleasure Ground Woodlands as ...

A fresh south-easterly breeze coming across the National Nature Reserve today, which along with the bright sunshine ma...

I start the diary from the castle to walk much of the Wildlife Trail to check the Waymarkers put up by one of our grea...

The downland was my aim for the early patrol, but not before casting my eyes skyward to watch a Kestrel manoeuvring &n...

A bright sunny morning with a cold north easterly breeze cutting through the warmth of the mornings sun. Heading out t...

To welcome in April, a lovely sunny, but chilly morning, the wind blowing in from the east meaning I sheltered behind ...