Daily Diary

With the return of the Hereford cows and new calves now imminent, I went off towards the downland to check on the newl...

After a long weekend on Romania’s Danube Delta, luxuriating in squadrons of Great White Pelicans, booming Bitter...

A very still morning, not a single rustle in the leaves or a wave on the sea. However the sound of corvids (crow famil...

It’s a damp and more humid morning after yesterday afternoon’s heavy downpour, but at least the water isn&...

Though overcast and misty this morning, spring seems to be showing off, with little to no breeze birds are out in forc...

The car park is buzzing with birds singing away Robins, Chaffinches, Dunnock, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Wren and Herring ...

As I walked out across the National Nature Reserve where the northerly wind was making the leaves and blossom of the H...

Another morning of blue sky and bright sunlight, though the nor’easterly is stronger and fresher than the condit...

This morning I headed out to the farmland to replace some connectors on the water supply, as I sat on the dried mud th...

Another warm sunny morning. I enter the park at Sunnydale, weathered Dandelion clocks standing tall amongst the grass....

Another morning of blue sky and bright sunlight, though the nor’easterly is stronger and fresher than the condit...

After a trip upcountry for an Essex wedding, on which I heard both my first Cuckoo of 2026 and the liquid majesty of a...

Being a Saturday we are hosting the parkrun as usual, but then we have a wonderful Wedding taking place in the Gallery...

The easterly wind again producing a chilly start in the sunshine, the blue sky with the odd wisps of cloud, against wh...

Both Ash and Sycamore remained behind other trees with leaf cover. In South Field a male Blackbird crept through the m...

Setting out this morning, I decided to go on a stroll to find Durlston’s four Spring Orchid which are in flower ...

A cooler morning compared to yesterday’s patrol, with a full drop of two degrees in air temperature even before ...

Another glorious spring morning for a park patrol, sunlight dancing on the waters of the English Channel, and just the...

The blue sea, sparkling in the sunlight, and sailing towards the east a flotilla of grey sailed boats. Skimming past t...

Arriving for this morning’s patrol, I’m spoilt with blue skies and a gentle breeze. As I emerge from my va...

This morning I headed out to the farmland to replace some connectors on the water supply, as I sat on the dried mud th...

This morning I headed out to the farmland to replace some connectors on the water supply, as I sat on the dried mud th...

Despite the overcast grey clouds, it was a lovely morning for a stroll across Durlston National Nature Reserve, with b...

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...