Daily Diary

A chilly start under brilliant blue skies, once again the numbers of Swallows and House Martins, plus a scattering of ...

Sweeping across the blue sky a constant stream of Swallows, the sun gleaming on the dark blue plumage, House Martins a...

After yesterdays crashing seas and strong winds a much calmer patrol this morning in the early sunshine. Down to the c...

Shafts of sunlight emerging between the thickening layer of grey cloud, the beams highlighting the wonderful colours o...

It’s a beautiful sunny morning as I enter to do my first Diary in a fair while. Here I can hear many a Robin, a ...

Entering the bird hide I managed to avoid a spider web strand. Just as I thought there was little to see, a Roe Deer, ...

The wind fights against me as I head through the meadows. Hawthorn leaves are starting to turn brown along the edges, ...

The sound of cows mooing accompanied my wander towards where they are, the gates, electric fence and trough checked an...

A wild and windy morning, with strong south-westerly swinging through the park. Holm Oak branches rock ferociously and...

Out to check the cattle, so giving my morning route a direction to head off into, and as I began the movement in the B...

Mercifully, the heavy rain that accompanied my commute this morning had lifted by the time I arrived for this morning&...

The tan hide of Roe Deer catching the sunlight as it stood in the long grass by the gate, the antlers showing against ...

A short but sweet walk this morning, as I ducked out early to avoid the heavy rain. Through the car park where Great T...

It’s a little damp underfoot as I set out this morning with Goldfinch and Swallow moving across the sky. Dark cu...

Amidst the changeable weather of the season, I was greeted this morning by bright water and a stiff breeze, the Isle o...

The air filled with House Martins, Sand Martins and Swallows this morning, swooping up and over the hedgerows, the whi...

Hundreds of Swallows and Sand Martins swooping overhead the most noticeable feature of my early patrol across the Nati...

A bright breezy morning with the perfect walking temperature. Heading along Long Meadow with wonderful views of Old Ha...

What a change from yesterday’s rain and blustery wind, to today’s sunshine and gentle breeze – and w...

A blustery walk to the cliffs where the sea was a churning mass of white crests amid the blue and great water – ...

It’s another overcast and windy day with heavy showers. As I walk past the Learning Centre I spot 2x Magpies and...

A damp morning for the early stroll, with rain coming down and the earth a little slippery and muddy underfoot –...

I arrive at Durlston putting my waterproof jacket on in case of rain, something I have not been doing for ages for the...

With the last day of August upon us already, the Park has a definite autumnal look to it. The hedgerows a mass of earl...

Heading through the meadows the few days of rain have already had an impact. The once dull brown dry cracking paths, n...

A bright sunny morning spreads across the park after last night heavy rain. Heading down through the woodlands to the ...

Heading out to the meadows with blue skies over head, a pleasant light breeze to accompany me. Though looking west dar...

September approaches, and the hay meadows have been cut, now that most of the flowers have gone to seed. However some ...

As I began my daily patrol of Durlston Country Park National Nature Reserve, I was engulfed in a grey dampish blanket ...