Daily Diary

It’s another dry and sunny morning; all be it a pleasant and very calm diary walk. In the Learning Centre a Wren...

An earlier start this morning and I was rewarded with some fantastic views of a couple of Sedge Warblers moving around...

Once more the early patrol accompanied by the lower temperatures of the early morning = lovely for now! The sound ...

I love Durlston early in the morning. It’s a calm day so I could hear someone’s voice from hundreds of met...

Another hot day, with the Gatekeeper butterflies flitting along the hedgerow, in the field adjacent Meadow Browns, Lul...

It’s low tide in Durlston bay, which reveals the rich marine habitat below the shore. Past the usual tideline th...

The cloud and breeze brought a most refreshing start to the day. Nevertheless, butterflies were on the wing and there ...

A bit of a strange start, as there were clouds in the sky!! And zooming across were a number of Swallows, the longish ...

Yet another warm day with no rain on the horizon for quite some time still. The grass is all looking rather dried out ...

It’s another fair morning with the sun out and a slight north easterly wind making it feel cooler than of late. ...

What a delight to see four Peregrine Falcons in flight together for most of the morning. These birds have been particu...

Another bright sunny morning continues to bake the park, though a cool easterly breeze cuts through the heat of the su...

The wind blowing strongly across the Country Park this morning, causing the grasses and wildflowers in the meadows to ...

The sea covered with white crests making for a lovely sight this morning, as I searched through my binoculars a couple...

A fresh cool easterly breeze cuts through the heat this morning as I head out through the meadows. Gate Keeper Butterf...

The chatting calls of a family of Stonechats enjoyed as I strolled slowly past the thick patch of Blackthorn scrub, th...

Another hot day, with temperatures already reaching 24.5 degrees. I head out to the meadows passing Brambles covered i...

There’s a glade at the top of the woods which comes alive in the summer. You step through cool canopy of the Hol...

A few swooping Swallows, a wonderful sight, as were the Stonechats as they stood on the branches of Blackthorn, a few ...

The meadows hum with excitement this morning as the Grasshoppers celebrate England’s 3-2 win against Mexico in t...

As I headed to the cliffs, past the newly flowering dull pink clumps of Hemp Agrimony, the water ahead was flat and ca...

Another bright sunny morning, I head down towards the castle. A Red Admiral feeds on a fragrant Buddleia flower, occas...

Into the meadows where I’m greeted with Bird Vetch adorned with purple flowers, clambering over Bramble in smoth...

Down to the cliffs this morning, via the Hereford cattle herd, to check they were happy in field 10a (where they were ...

The start of July – a month where purple tones come alive through the meadows. It starts with the Knapweeds expa...

A Peregrine Falcon zooming across the sky was a great way to begin my early patrol, as it was quite low I got a really...

Wandering towards the Large Copse butterflies were flitting, Meadow Browns and Marbled Whites over the flowers, the br...

The grey cloud cover a pleasant change as I headed onto the National Nature Reserve. The meadows looking marvellous as...

With the sun hidden partially behind the clouds, I was lulled into thinking it would be cooler for my patrol – b...